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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-31

A creditor or credit intermediary shall be liable to a fine of 30,000 euros for: 1° Failing to provide the borrower with adequate explanations enabling him to determine whether the credit agreement an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…L. 213-16 relating to the obligation to pay the contribution to the digital equ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

…upervisory board memberships in companies that are controlled, within the meaning of article L. 233-16, by the company in which a mandate under the first paragraph is held. By way of derogation from t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-1

…g provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L442-1

…sions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…performance des établissements de santé et médico-sociaux ;15° La Plateforme des données de santé ;16° Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé ;17° Institut national d'études d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…uditor shall perform analytical procedures to review the consistency of the accounts as a whole. >. 16. He shall also verify the fairness and consistency with the accounts of the information given in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

…r which payment is staggered, deferred or split; b) Credit facilities referred to in Article L. 311-16 of the same code; c) Account overdrafts; d) Hire-purchases and leases with a purchase option. The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-2

…ng provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R310

…rench Polynesia, in 10° of II, the words: "pursuant to the fourth and seventh paragraphs of Article 16-11 and the second paragraph of Article 87 of the Civil Code, as well as" are replaced by the word…

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