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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-12

…d financial capacity of the person concerned, having regard in particular to his assets and, in the case of a natural person, his annual income, in the case of a legal person his total turnover ; 4° O…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Exploitation of rights

Article R137-1

…f protected works and objects mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 137-1 is assessed on a case-by-case basis under the conditions and according to the criteria mentioned in the last paragrap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1705

…e of process for those of their ministry;3° By court clerks, for deeds and judgments, except in the case provided for by article 1840 D, and those executed and received at the registries; 4° By the as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1791 ter

The fine of €100 to €750 provided for in I of Article 1791 is set at €2,000 to €10,000 in the case of illicit manufacture, possession, sale or transport of tobacco. This fine is set at €100,000 to €50…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R551-14

…French Office for Immigration and Integration. They may only refuse the election of domicile in the cases provided for in their agreement.The organisation providing the domicile puts an end to it:1° W…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-159

…ferences; b) The company name or denomination followed, where applicable, by its acronym; c) In the case of a company, the legal form; d) In the case of a merger or demerger of a company, an indicatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-25

…dicate by a percentage equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, and 5% in other cases, each member commune may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Competencies required to provide or coordinate therapeutic patient education

Article R1161-2

…illness and treatment, and to supply the elements required for monitoring and organisation. In the case of coordination, these skills are adapted to the design of intervention and data analysis syste…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope, definition, characteristics

Article R1322-3

…gical and physico-chemical quality criteria defined by order of the Minister for Health and, in the case of packaged water, by joint order of the Ministers for Consumer Affairs and Health. The physico…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-56

…ation relating to the beneficial owner declared at the time of the request is as follows: 1° In the case of the company or legal entity, its name or corporate name, its legal form, the address of its…

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