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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-9

Authorised officials may demand that they be provided with the resources they need to carry out their checks.They may also require any packaging to be opened.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-9

The fine shall be recovered in the same way as for debts unrelated to taxes and property.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article L712-9

At any time during the procedure, if the debtor's situation so requires, the commission shall invite the debtor to apply for a social assistance or action measure, which may include a budget education…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to sole traders

Article L711-9

This book applies to sole traders with the status defined in

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L623-9

Membership of the group shall constitute a mandate for the purposes of compensation in favour of the applicant association.Membership of the group shall not constitute or imply membership of the appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal rehabilitation without compulsory liquidation ordered by the court hearing an appeal against the measures imposed

Article L741-9

Debts whose holders have not lodged a third-party objection within a period set by decree are extinguished.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L742-9

As from the judgment opening the proceedings, the debtor may not dispose of his assets without the agreement of the trustee or, in the absence of an appointed trustee, of the judge.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Evading enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-9

It is punishable by three years' imprisonment for a foreigner to evade or attempt to evade the enforcement of an administrative ban from French territory, an obligation to leave French territory or a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-92

Any municipality may, by resolution of the municipal council, establish a tax on waste received at a household and similar waste storage facility, subject to the general tax on polluting activities re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-94

A decision by the municipal council, taken before 15 October of the year preceding the year of taxation, sets the rate of the tax, capped at 1.5 euros (1) per tonne entering the facility.

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