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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…et de résolution in the course of its supervisory duties or the report drawn up pursuant to Article L. 612-27, with a view to initiating sanction proceedings. The chairman of the panel of the supervis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-24

…hose civil liability is not covered by the insurance provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 1125-9 shall be punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties

Article L311-8

…the provisions applicable to hotel classification and prices are punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros. Articles L. 490-1 to L. 490-4 of the French Commercial Code apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-8

…any to publish the annual financial statements in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 511-37 is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency

Article L162-1

The counterfeiting and falsification of coins and banknotes, as well as the transport, putting into circulation and possession with a view to putting into circulation of counterfeit or falsified coins…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article L157-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the wording resulting from ordonnance n°2020-1733 du 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1311-19

…ther to the State for needs defined by decree in the Council of State, or to fire and rescue services. An agreement between the State and the owner local authority or institution specifies in particul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-11

An employer who is planning to make employees redundant for economic reasons, whether individually or as part of a mass redundancy scheme involving less than ten employees within the same thirty-day p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

I. - The persons referred to in 13° of Article L. 561-2 are subject to the provisions of this chapter when, in the course of their professional activity:1° They participate in the name and on behalf o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-23

…ity of care and safe dispensing of the medicinal products, products and articles defined in article L. 4211-1 and implantable medical devices, a pharmaceutical record is automatically opened for each…

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