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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-50-1

…t to the second paragraph below, the Enforcement Committee's decisions are published for at least five years in the AMF's official register, which is accessible electronically. The type and nature of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WD

…prepares, handles, stores or transfers substances and products intended for animal feed of the approval provided for in article L. 235-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime, the renewal of this appr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article A526-5

…ional use of the interested party is fulfilled when the words and initials "special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability of", "special register of EIRLs of" or "RSEIRL of" follo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-3

The Advisory Board referred to in Articles L. 3111-9 and L. 3122-1 shall exercise the same powers in relation to the Board of Directors of the Office, in respect of the damage referred to in the third…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

…e L. 511-37, the first paragraph of Article L. 511-41 and Section 8 of Chapter I of Title I of Book V , with the exception of Article L. 511-58. It also specifies, subject to the necessary adaptations…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1753

…A, 1653 C and 1653 F, persons who, in connection with tax fraud or opposition to tax inspections, have been sentenced by the court to one of the penalties provided for in II of Article 1736,(1) in I o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-70

…defined in 6.11 of Article R. 311-1 of the highway code: a) Categories of parts mentioned in 1° above; b) Engines; c) Control screens; d) Batteries; e) Chargers; f) Electrical harnesses; g) Power and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-3

…pon auditors, chartered accountants or other persons or bodies competent to carry out studies or provide advice in the areas concerned by the control operations. These persons may, where appropriate,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-4

…municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and, for projects that result in the artificial development of land within the meaning of V of article L. 752-6, in all communes, the mayor or the pre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Litigation

Article R523-1

Chapter Va of Title III of Book III shall apply to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe designs, as provided for in Chapter Ia of Title II of Book V. .

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