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Article L481-12 of the French Commercial code

Where the compensated victims are the direct or indirect contractors of the joint and several debtors, the amount of the contribution of the natural or legal person mentioned in article L. 481-1 which has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty pursuant to a leniency procedure shall be determined in accordance with the rule set out in the second sentence of Article L. 481-9 without being able to exceed the amount of the loss suffered by its direct or indirect contractors.
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Article L481-12
Lorsque les victimes indemnisées sont les contractants directs ou indirects des codébiteurs solidaires, le montant de la contribution de la personne physique ou morale mentionnée à l’article L. 481-1 qui a bénéficié d’une exonération totale de sanction pécuniaire en application d’une procédure de clémence est déterminé conformément à la règle prévue à la seconde phrase de l’article L. 481-9 sans pouvoir excéder le montant du préjudice subi par ses contractants directs ou indirects.

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