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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-2

…g or facilitating such infringement. II.-It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to knowingly procure or offer to another person, directly or indirectly, means designed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L2333-26

…le L. 321-2 of the Environment Code;3° Mountain municipalities, within the meaning of the loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne;4° Des communes qui…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Hyperbaric fitness certificate and hyperbaric prevention advisor certificate

Article R4461-27

…nd the terms and conditions for their renewal are set by the orders provided for in article R. 4461-30.IV. - The underwater work referred to in 1° of III of Article R. 4461-28 may only be performed by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…applicable to specific severance agreement compensation paid pursuant to I of Article 72 of Law no. 2019-828 of 6 August 2019 on the transformation of the civil service and Article L. 552-1 of the Gen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23 3 17 24 3 17,5 25 3 18 26 3 18,5 27 3 19 28 3 19,5 29 3 20 30 and over 3 20 In the event of redundancy in a company usually employing fewer than eleven employe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-9

Failing an agreement reached under the terms of articles L. 212-4 à L. 212-7 either before 4 January 1986, or on the expiry date of the previous agreement, the methods and bases of remuneration for pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-11

…payments resulting from the budgetary modifications thus decided must be completed no later than 31 January following the financial year to which they relate.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-12

…operations may record personal data of the kind referred to in I of Article 6 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, to the extent strictly necessar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

…lished at the expense of the convicted person in accordance with article 243 of law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the reorganisation and judicial liquidation of companies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-3

…ame person may only hold one Livret A or one Crédit Mutuel special passbook account opened before 1 January 2009. However, low-income housing associations may open one or more Livret A passbook accoun…

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