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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-41

…ister responsible for consumer affairs, issued after consulting the National Consumer Affairs Council.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article L242-41

The penalties for canvassing offences are set out in the provisions of the chapitre III du titre V du livre III du code monétaire et financier.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Free credit

Article L312-41

Any advertisement, irrespective of the medium, relating to a credit transaction with a duration of more than three months and for which no interest or other charges are required, must indicate the amo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-41

Staff transferred pursuant to article L1424-13 retain the benefits individually acquired on 1 January 1996 in terms of remuneration in their original local authority or establishment, if this system i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-41

When an application is made to the industrial tribunal to have an assignment contract reclassified as an open-ended employment contract, the case is referred directly to the tribunal, which will rule…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-41

Where the applicant uses information provided to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this cha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-41

At the mayor's request, the representative of the State in the department or his representative presents the State's action in terms of security and crime prevention for the municipality concerned to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-41

Ordinary general meetings must be held before 31 March for the regional mutual banks and before 30 April for the local mutual banks.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-41

Any dispute arising between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the AIFM established in a third country of which France is the reference Member State shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-41

Where a system for organising working time is implemented over a reference period longer than a week, overtime is deducted at the end of this reference period. This reference period may not exceed thr…

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