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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-11

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-19

When a prosecution is brought by the judicial authority in application of the articles mentioned in this chapter, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the temporary closure of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-13

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 223-1 Ordinance no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 223-2 and L. 223-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-18

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8 is punishable by a fine equal to 50% of the sum involved in the offence or attempted offence. If the offence referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-19

…n country is linked to one of the activities punishable by the offences referred to in I of Article L. 561-15, customs officers may temporarily detain it in accordance with the procedures set out in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-16

The information collected and retained pursuant to this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L941-11

Article L. 145-2 is amended as follows: I.-In 4°, the words: "to the State, départements, communes, public establishments" are replaced by the words: "to the State, local authorities and public establ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-11

…n allocations due to the member communes, in accordance with the procedures defined in X of article L. 5219-5. The Greater Paris metropolitan area has the option of instituting, as part of the financi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-16

…ee, the unobserved period means the period of grace provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 612-19 and restoration shall only be granted by the Director General of the National Institute of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

…rs who have employed a foreign worker in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall pay a special contribution for each foreign worker not authorised to work. The amoun…

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