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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-8

…the borrower is only obliged to repay the capital in accordance with the agreed repayment schedule and, where applicable, to pay any interest not forfeited by the lender. Sums already received by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-9

…der who has not complied with the formalities prescribed in the last paragraph of article L. 312-92 and article L. 312-93 may not claim from the borrower the sums corresponding to the interest and cos…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-4

…tisfying the conditions laid down in Articles L. 312-18, L. 312-21, L. 312-28, L. 312-29, L. 312-43 and, for account overdraft transactions, by articles L. 312-85 to L. 312-87 and L. 312-92, shall for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-7

A creditor who has not complied with the terms and conditions for using revolving credit set out in the provisions of articles L. 312-68, L. 312-69 and L. 312-70 is deprived of the right to interest,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-6

…informing the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate set out in article L. 312-31 and, for account overdraft transactions, in article L. 312-89 is deprived of the right to interest,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-3

A creditor who grants credit without handing over and having signed or validated electronically the form referred to in article L. 312-17 is deprived of the right to interest.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-3

The authorisations for absence mentioned in 1° of article L. 1442-2 are granted to employees at their request as soon as they are appointed and until the end of the fifteen-month period mentioned in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-6

…osis centres corresponding to one of the following categories, in application of article L. 3112-2: 1° Health establishments carrying out one or more of the public service missions defined in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8

…tection or unable to give their consent may only be asked to take part in the research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1 if research of comparable effectiveness cannot be carried out on anoth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

…h it is requested is of a political nature, unless it concerns an offence referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January…

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