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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6-1

…a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, activities that have been the subject of one of the measures provided for in paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

…a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 the activities that have been the subject of one of the measures provided for in paragr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

…a person mentioned in 1° to 6° bis of Article L. 561-2 who is established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in a third coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…icer or tax department authorised to carry out judicial investigations. VII -For the execution of a European Investigation Order or a request made under Article 18 of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74

In the event of the discovery of a body, whether a violent death or not, but if the cause is unknown or suspicious, the judicial police officer who is notified or, under his supervision, the judicial…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-32

The College of Experts is made up of: 1° Four full members and eight alternate members, chosen from leading figures in the medical world or specialists in the human sciences qualified in the field of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-23

In urgent cases and at the direct request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-1

The purpose of transferring the business is to ensure the maintenance of activities likely to operate independently, of all or some of the jobs attached to them and to pay off liabilities. The transfe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

1. (Repealed). 2. In all cases where a breach of the invoicing rules as provided for in articles L. 441-9 and L. 443-3 of the French Commercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered unt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776-1

…an international convention or an act adopted on the basis of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a request for disclosure of criminal or disciplinary sanctions imposed on a legal pe…

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