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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-4

Each member of the economic interest grouping or company is the holder of shares that cannot be dissociated from the use of a pitch determined by the constitutive contract or the Articles of Associati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-4

In the event of rejection of the objects transported or presented for transport, or of a dispute of any nature whatsoever, concerning the formation or performance of the contract of carriage, or due t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-4

When a local authority, public establishment or grouping uses a capital asset for the purposes of an activity that ceases to be subject to value added tax, it may obtain a payment from the Value Added…

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

Article L1612-4

The budget of the territorial authority is in real balance when the operating section and the investment section are respectively voted in balance, the revenue and expenditure having been evaluated in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-4

Any sports association that meets at least one of the criteria set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 122-1 constitutes a sports company within one year of the date on which it meets this condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-4

UCITS take the form of either open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs" or unit trusts.UCITS may comprise different classes of units or shares under conditions laid down by the fund rules or t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: State occupation and concession assets

Article L3132-4

When a public law granting authority has entered into a works concession contract or has awarded a concession for the management of a public service:1° The assets, whether movable or immovable, that r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-48

For contracts concluded from the date of entry into force of the loi n° 99-532 du 25 juin 1999 relative à l'épargne et à la sécurité financière, no compensation is payable by the borrower in the event…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-46

For loans with a variable or reviewable interest rate, the lender is required, once a year, to provide the borrower with information relating to the amount of capital still to be repaid.In the event o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-47

The borrower may always, on his own initiative, repay in advance, in part or in full, the loans governed by sections 1 to 5 of this chapter. The loan agreement may prohibit repayments equal to or less…

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