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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII quinquies : Compliance programme penalties

Article 764-44

…1-39-2 of the Criminal Code has been imposed on a company mentioned in I of Article 17 de la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corruption et à la mod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…g Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, are not subject to the provisions of Commission Delegated Reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…Security Code: 1° Within the framework of an agreement or a collective agreement concluded before 1 January 2008 setting out compensatory measures in terms of employment or vocational training; 2° For…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 decies A

…and the registration duties provided for in articles 736 to 741 bis for the period running from 1 January to 30 September 1998, must enter, on the declaration provided for in article 170 relating to…

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

Article L2334-2

…1° The population of the commune was the subject of an amending population decree applicable on 1 January 2008, amending the decree applicable on 1 January 2006 or an amending population decree appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 on amending finance for 2010, in the version in force on 31 December 2016, is positive. For each tax, the exemption is equal to nine tenths of the difference defined in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Termination of service

Article R6152-933

…on from the national commission for authorisation to practise provided for in L. 4111-2 and L. 4221-12 ; 3° If the practitioner is no longer in compliance with the regulations relating to residence an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L312-13

…e creditor shall provide, free of charge, in addition to the information referred to in Article L. 312-12, a copy of the contract offer on paper or any other durable medium. Any additional information…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-16

The authorisation mentioned in 1° of article 706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of one month, renewable once under the same conditions of form and duration. The authorisation mentioned in 2° of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

…and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-5 as well as the list of compulsory expenditure for communes and départements men…

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