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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-3

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-37

If the lender or lessor fails to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 313-38 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L342-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 322-3 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-3

The term benefits the debtor, if it does not follow from the law, the will of the parties or the circumstances that it has been established in favour of the creditor or both parties.The party for whos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Formal requirements.

Article L2231-3

The agreement must be in writing, failing which it is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing procedures.

Article L3232-3

…equal to the product of the amount of the minimum growth wage as set in application of articles L. 3231-2 to L. 3231-12, multiplied by the number of hours corresponding to the legal weekly working ti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National protocols

Article L4011-3

…A national committee for inter-professional cooperation is responsible for the strategy, promotion and deployment of inter-professional cooperation. It proposes a list of national protocols to be dra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

…urses, under the supervision of the National Council, carries out the duties defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level. It represents the profession in the department and acts as a conciliato…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2372-3

…invitation to tender procedure is used, a jury composed under the conditions defined in article R. 2371-6 issues a reasoned opinion on the applications and tenders.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In Article R. 2111-9:a) 2° is deleted;b) In 5°, the words: "other technical standards drawn up by Europea…

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