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

Article L341-27

A creditor who grants credit may be deprived of the right to interest in the proportion set by the judge, up to an amount that may not exceed, for each of the breaches listed below, 30% of the interes…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-24

…tion or if the travel operator no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in II of article L. 211-18. The deletion from the register is notified by the Commission to the operator concerned, by any m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-1

For the application of articles L. 743-3 to L. 743-18, the competent liberties and detention judge is that of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the foreign national is held in detention or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7-1

Lawyers and the persons mentioned in 18° of Article L. 561-2 may provide each other with information gathered for the purposes of implementing Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1, L. 561-6, and L. 561-9 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-4

…of the contract or, for contracts expiring within six months of the date of promulgation of Law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on the national commitment to the environment, on the expiry date of the co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-8

…grity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agents me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L6364-5

…2009, the amount allocated to the local authority of Saint-Martin is equivalent to that for 2008.In 2010, the rate used for indexation of the allocation accruing to the territorial authority of Saint-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-19

…pathological examinations carried out. If the certificates mentioned in articles R. 2131-2, R. 2131-18, R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1 are drawn up , a copy of these is kept by the centre. The documents…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Canvassing

Article L753-16

…f the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the exception of 2° thereof…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Canvassing

Article L752-16

…the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the exception of 2° thereof…

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