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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-2

…ales obligatoires, prior to any publicity measures, of a notice drawn up in accordance with Article R. 22-10-3 concerning the issue of shares when the company is formed or, in the third paragraph of A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-1

…art, to trading on a regulated market for failing to make the publications provided for in articles R. 232-11 and R. 232-13. In the event of a repeat offence, the applicable fine is that provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-4

Any breach of the provisions of Article R. 237-1 is punishable by the fine provided for in 5° of l'article 131-13 du code pénal pour les contraventions de la cinquième classe.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Offences relating to public limited companies with a management board and a supervisory board

Article L247-9

The penalties provided for in articles L. 247-1 to L. 247-4 for chairmen, managing directors and directors of public limited companies, are applicable, according to their respective powers, to members…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-5

Contravening the prohibition on performing the duties of liquidator is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros. Anyone convicted pursuant to the preceding paragraph may no long…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-7

It is punishable by a fine of €150,000 for a liquidator in the judicial liquidation of a company to: 1° Failing to deposit in an account opened in a credit institution in the name of the company in li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-8

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for a liquidator, in bad faith: 1° Making use of the assets or credit of the company in liquidation that he knows to be contrary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-1

I.-It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for the chairmen, directors, managing directors or managers of any company: 1° Failing to mention in the annual report presente…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-2

I.-It is punishable by a fine of 18,000 euros for the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of legal entities, as well as for natural persons, to refrain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-247

The regular practice of the dental profession, in any form whatsoever, in the service of a company, local authority or institution governed by private law must, in all cases, be the subject of a writt…

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