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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General and financial provisions.

Article L5321-3

…L. 5121-1, blood-derived medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5121-3 and substances which, if used separately from a medical device in which they are incorporated as an integral part, are likely…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

1. The use for carburation, sale or offering for sale for carburation of products whose use and sale for this purpose have not been specially authorised by orders of the Minister for the Budget and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-42

…cial penalties imposed pursuant to this section may be subject to a surcharge of up to 10% of their amount, payable by the person sanctioned and intended to finance victim support. Article L. 612-40 X…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 621-3

The total amount of aid for the production of cinematographic or audiovisual works using digital visual effects may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of an international…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-27

The rate of subsidy may not be less than 20% of the provisional amount of subsidisable expenditure excluding tax.When they contribute to the financing of investment projects, the dotation d'équipement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18-1

…pprentice permanently, the employer may initiate dismissal proceedings against the apprentice. This exclusion constitutes real and serious grounds for dismissal, which is decided under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

…may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having regard to the repetition or seriousness of the acts observed, order, by reasoned decision taken against the person who committed the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-49

…s for the variable part of the remuneration for redeemable shares may not exceed 40% of the nominal amount of the share. The elements used to calculate the variable part of the remuneration are taken…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 343 bis

The judicial authority shall communicate to the customs administration any information it obtains in the course of any legal proceedings which may give rise to a presumption that a customs offence has…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Valuation of the property

Article L313-22

…cordance with the standards mentioned in 2° of the same article, the legal, economic, technical and tax factors used to establish the value of the property. This valuation is recorded on a durable med…

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