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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-21

In order to draw up the disclosure document on the basis of accurate information, the lender or intermediary shall ask the borrower to provide the documents, in particular the contractual documents, p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-21

When, due to its value, its nature or the insufficient quantity of product, the goods cannot be sampled in several samples but only in one sample, and the counter-expertise can be carried out on this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-21

The consumer may terminate the mandate at any time. He must inform the association of this by any means that allows receipt to be acknowledged, and the association will notify the professional without…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-21

The debtor's property rendered unavailable by enforcement proceedings may be sold by mutual agreement by the liquidator, with the authorisation of the protection litigation judge, ruling by order, who…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-21

The Commission may be asked for its opinion when, in the course of proceedings, the unfair nature of a contractual term is raised. The competent judge shall ask the Commission, in a decision that is n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R121-21

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration is headed by a Director General appointed by decree for three renewable years on the proposal of the Minister responsible for immigration. The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-21

Any file that has not been updated within five years of the recording of the first data it contains shall be deleted, except in the following cases: 1° A file containing data relating to a residence p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article R342-21

When the foreign national is held at the disposal of the courts, the public prosecutor decides on the conditions of the holding. He shall inform the foreign national and the administrative authority t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Access conditions for associations

Article R343-21

The competent administrative authority may authorise any additional visit on the basis of a written, reasoned request from the president of an authorised association or any authorised member of the as…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-21

When a foreign national with evidence of at least eighteen months' residence in another Member State under cover of an "EU Blue Card" issued by that State applies in France for a multi-annual residenc…

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