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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-64

The société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company with predominantly variable capital) and the management company are liable, each indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-6

In all cases, members of a clearing house undertake to fulfil, vis-à-vis the clearing house, all obligations arising from transactions entered in the name of third parties in their accounts. Payment o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-6

The offences referred to in articles L. 4163-3 and L. 4163-4 apply to nurses and are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.In the event of conviction, the courts or tribunal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4323-6

The offences referred to in articles L. 4163-3 and L. 4163-4 are applicable to masseur-physiotherapists and are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.In the event of convict…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L937-6

For the application of article L. 723-3, the words: "the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register. In the event of the creation of a commercial court, the first president of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-6

For the application of article L. 723-3, the words: "the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register. In the event of the creation of a commercial court, the first president of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-6

The fine provided for in article R. 4743-5 is applied as many times as there are persons employed under conditions contrary to the requirements mentioned in the same article. In the event of more than…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 685-1

If the enclave ceases to exist and regardless of how the basis and mode of the easement were determined, the owner of the servient land may, at any time, invoke the extinction of the easement if the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-92

The public prosecutor checks whether the decision establishing the protective measure was adopted in an adversarial procedure. If this is not the case, the public prosecutor notifies the offender of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L2353-6

The manager of the European Company who decides to launch a takeover bid for a company may inform the European Company Committee only after the bid has been made public. In this case, he should conven…

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