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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R4321-145

…al council of the Order either ex officio or at the request of the parties concerned; in the latter case, the appeal must be lodged within two months of notification of the decision. Appeals against d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-7

…hout delay, in original or copy and by any means, either to the registrar of the court to which the case is referred, or to the registrar of the competent court according to the distinctions in Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R313-14

…possible increase in the borrowing rate or a risk of a negative change in the exchange rate in the case of a loan denominated in a currency other than the euro referred to in Article L. 3136-64.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal, suspension and withdrawal of modelling agency licences

Article R7123-14

I. - The modelling agency licence is refused or withdrawn by the Prefect referred to in article R. * 7123-9 : 1° When the applicant for the licence or the managers of the agency do not offer or no lon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 143-1

…to the provisions of Article 137, pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended in one of the cases listed below: 1° The person under investigation is facing a criminal sentence; 2° The person u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-6

…supervision or for release must be declared to the registrar of the investigating court hearing the case or to the registrar of the court with jurisdiction under article 148-1. It must be recorded and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-14

…mortgaged property to ensure that it is in a good state of maintenance and preservation or, in the case of a loan with periodic interest payments, when he defaults on one or more interest instalments…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-143

…1.290% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.532% From €17,000 to €60,000 0.355% More than €60,000 0.266%In the case of loans by several natural persons to the same borrower, in the same deed, under the same cond…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-4

…rtaking or establishment employing the employees whose employment contracts are transferred, in the case mentioned in article L. 2261-14-2; 2° Within the perimeter of each undertaking or establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

…nd expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section in the case of a municipality with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and 5% in other cases, the regional audit…

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