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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7

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

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-5

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 chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set o…

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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 III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-9

…conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1133-8 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L286-2

…bers to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States are deleted; 5° In Article L. 210-1, references to articles L. 142-1 to L. 142-5 are replaced by references to articles L. 142-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L285-2

…bers to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States are deleted; 5° In Article L. 210-1, references to articles L. 142-1 to L. 142-5 are replaced by references to articles L. 142-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-39-1

The amount of the local development grant mentioned in article L. 2511-38 is calculated and distributed among the arrondissements by the city council or by the Paris council when examining the budget…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40

…he agreement must inform the Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which article L. 225-38 is applicable. It may not take part in the deliberations or vote on the authorisation requ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-4-1

…al persons who manage voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, within the meaning of article L. 321-9. The Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 321-38 sets the nature and duration o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L743-14

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Ac…

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