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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L241-3

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° The fact, for any person, of fraudulently causing a contribution in kind to be valued higher than its actual value; 2° The…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-3

…professionals;2° Complaints made by the consumer to the professional's customer service department;3° Direct negotiations between the consumer and the professional;4° Conciliation or mediation attemp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH OVER-INDebtedness

Article L731-3

…s set by the commission and mentioned in the conventional recovery plan provided for in article L. 732-1 or in the measures provided for in articles L. 733-1 or L. 733-4.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: JUDGE'S JURISDICTION

Article R631-3

The consumer may bring the matter either before one of the courts having territorial jurisdiction under the Code of Civil Procedure, or before the court for the place where he resided when the contrac…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article R741-3

…shall be sent by any means to the registry of the court with jurisdiction pursuant to article R. 743-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-3

The departmental council and the regional council concerned may, at the request of either of them, be involved by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation in the preparation of any develo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Article L6231-3

All apprentice training centres provide for the creation of a development committee, whose role is to oversee the organisation and operation of the centre.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

…inistry of Defence and distributed by the armed forces health service medical supply establishments;3° Or imported by the Ministry of Defence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6241-3

Acts taken in the name of the collectivity and other than those mentioned in article LO 6241-2 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-3

I. - The Territorial Council is empowered, in compliance with the guarantees granted throughout the national territory for the exercise of public freedoms, to adopt acts in the field of criminal law f…

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