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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-5

Public health establishments, the bodies referred to in article L. 124-4 of the Social Security Code that manage health establishments and health cooperation structures with a public law legal persona…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L342-5

A credit intermediary who collects a sum of money in connection with one of the transactions mentioned in article L. 322-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The cou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising.

Article L511-57

…month from the date of the protest or the drawing up of the certificate of non-payment of the postal cheque and for a period of one year from the same date, any claimant may be issued, at his own exp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-5

Departments are prohibited from taking responsibility in their own budgets for the public services mentioned in Article L. 3241-4 for expenditure other than that resulting from duly approved treaties…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-5

…nt or the insurance company which provides its guarantee or the guarantee fund provided for in article L. 421-1.

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

Article L313-52

No compensation or costs other than those mentioned in article L. 313-51 may not be charged to the borrower in the event of default as provided for in this article. However, in the event of default by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article L2252-5

Notwithstanding the transfer, whether voluntary or by operation of law, of all or part of its competencies in terms of housing policy or housing to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of candidacy

Article L2152-5

In order to establish their representativeness in application of this chapter, professional employers' organisations shall declare their candidacy in accordance with the conditions laid down by regula…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Withdrawal of assignment to certain works

Article L4733-5

When all measures have been taken to put an end to the situation of serious and imminent danger which gave rise to the withdrawal decision provided for in article L. 4733-3, the employer or the head o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-5

Any establishment or group of establishments belonging to the same professional activity with more than five thousand employees shall ensure, after medical advice, the retraining at work and professio…

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