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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L246-2

The provisions of articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-29, L. 243-1 and L. 244-5, relating to the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anonymes or sociétés européennes and the managers of soci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-21

The articles L. 2214-1 to L. 2214-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Pharmacovigilance

Article L5121-24

Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 is required to comply with its obligations in terms of pharmacovigilance and, in particular, to i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

I.-The employment contract includes the clauses and information relating to the relationship between the company providing the freelance administration services and the supported employee: 1° The meth…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Insurance against technological disasters

Article L128-2

Insurance contracts taken out by any natural person outside their professional activity and covering fire damage or any other damage to property used as a dwelling or placed in premises used as a dwel…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-1

Divorce does not affect the rights that either spouse has under the law or under agreements with third parties.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-2

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority to impose the administrative fines provided for in article L. 361-1 of this Code, under the con…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAILURE TO EXECUTE A REMOVAL DECISION

Article L824-2

It is a punishable offence under Article L. 822-1 for a foreign national who is the subject of a decision to be removed from French territory to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and photographing op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to regulated markets

Article L462-2

Article L. 245-2 of the French Commercial Code sets out the penalties for advertising subscriptions to securities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-2

Failure to declare an activity in accordance with the provisions of article L. 6351-2 is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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