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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-12

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to publish the annual accounts in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of article L. 522-19 is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-46

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in its capacity as group supervisor, shall decide on the authorisation provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 356-19 within five months…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1311-9

The needs of the State mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1311-19 are those of justice, national defence, the national police, the national gendarmerie and civil security.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes.

Article R6123-127

The conditions for setting up the activities mentioned in 19° of article R. 6122-25 are set out in Title III of Book I of Part One of this Code.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Accountant.

Article D6145-54-3

The provisions of articles D. 1611-1, D. 1617-19, D. 1617-21 and D. 1617-23 of the General Local Authorities Code are applicable to public health establishments.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-11

When an accident at work occurs in a company where serious or repeated breaches of health and safety rules at work have been identified, the court hearing the case, which acquits the natural person(s)…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2315-42

In the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the employer and the Social and Economic Committee, adopted by a majority of the elected full members of the Committee's staff delegation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55-4

The inspector(s) shall immediately inform the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property and the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-18

The Prefect or, in the case of health and medico-social establishments, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may arrange for additional analyses to be carried out, at the expense of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Reductions in sentence provided for by article 721

Article D116-8

Where the convicted offender has been the subject of one or more decisions to withdraw a reduced sentence, the notice of the expiry date of his custodial sentence sent by the head of the prison to the…

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