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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties.

Article L1324-2

Infringements of the provisions of Chapters I and II of this Title and of the regulations adopted for their application are recorded in official reports, which are valid until proven otherwise.Officia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

…n the grounds that French law does not provide for the same type of tax or duty or the same type of regulation with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange as the law of the issuing State.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-3

A voting advisory service is provided by a legal person who analyses, on a professional and commercial basis, corporate documents or any other information concerning companies whose shares are admitte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-11

…he other hand, they certify that the operation has been carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-17

…and by which they affirm that the transaction has been carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations. The Registrar shall be responsible for ensuring that the declaration complies with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-34

Except where they result from a legislative obligation, clauses in the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market providing for restrictions in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-17

…er responsible for culture shall be informed within fifteen days of any change in status or general regulations and of any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R531-2

…ng for the results of an official inspection in progress, goods recognised as not conforming to the regulations or as falsified following the investigation following this inspection is punishable by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-4

…sailors belonging to the marine fire brigade and the services attached to it are determined by the regulations applicable to the various corps of the military navy. They may be allocated a risk suppl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3214-1

The departmental council adopts the departmental social assistance regulations defining the rules according to which social assistance benefits falling within the department's remit are granted. The d…

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