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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Additional penalties

Article L823-17

Corporate entities convicted under article L. 823-12 shall incur the penalty of confiscation of all or part of their assets, whatever their nature, movable or immovable, divided or undivided.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-85

…ive any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, from the company other than that provided for in articles L. 225-81, L. 225-83, L. 225-84 and L. 22-10-25 and, where applicable, those due in respect of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3-1

I. - As an exception to the prohibition laid down in article L. 521-2, a provider of electronic communications networks or services may provide payment services, in addition to electronic communicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3-2

Services based on specific payment instruments, valid only in France, provided at the request of a legal person governed by public or private law or similar, subject to specific legislative or regulat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-6

The sixth paragraph of Article L. 251-1 and articles L. 251-7 and

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-5

…e authority may revoke the ban on movement on French territory at any time. When the foreign national applies to have the ban on movement on French territory repealed, his application is only admissib…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-4

The administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, attach to the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory issued on the basis of 2° or 3° of Article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-7

The road transport companies mentioned in article L. 821-6 are those operating international routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-12

It is punishable by three years' imprisonment for a foreigner to re-enter France without authorisation after having been the subject of a decision to surrender to the authorities of another State, a b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-9

Where the foreign national disembarking in France is a minor without legal representation, the sum of 10,000 euros must be immediately deposited with the official, mentioned in the first paragraph of…

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