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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-13

The declaration to be made by the project owner or the instructing party, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 1262-4-1, when his co-contractor has not sent him the acknowledgement of receip…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L131-6

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 112-3, L. 112-4 and L. 112-4-1 relating to price calculation methods is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,00…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-5

I. - The revenues of the fund mentioned in article R. 1621-4 are made up of: 1° The contributions payable by local elected representatives on their official allowances; 2° The advance referred to in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Injunctions and regularisation

Article R732-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Injunctions and regularisation

Article R733-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Contractual plan

Article R732-2

The conventional reorganisation plan states that it is automatically null and void fifteen days after an unsuccessful formal notice sent to the debtor to perform its obligations, without prejudice to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France

Article A370-2

For the purposes of the last paragraph of Article L. 370-4, the authority referred to in Article L. 310-12 may ask the institution referred to in Article L. 370-1 for documents proving compliance with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Digital asset service providers

Article L572-23

Any person subject to the obligation to make the declaration referred to in Article L. 54-10-3 is liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 for failing to make this declaration or for pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-65

…ied and received per batch, in accordance with the good practices referred to in Article L. 5121-5; 4° The name and address of the supplier and recipient.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chèque-emploi associatif.

Article L1272-4

…mployee, as provided for in articles L. 1242-12 and L. 1242-13 for fixed-term employment contracts; 4° Drawing up a written employment contract and entering the compulsory details, as provided for in…

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