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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-17

…se terms, except as regards the amount of the price and the period provided for in l'article L. 642-15. The court shall rule before the expiry of the lease contract and after obtaining the opinion of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-2

…ch are deleted; 4° In Article L. 512-13, the words: "or a breach" are deleted; 5° In Article L. 512-15, the words: "mentioned in article L. 122-1" are deleted; 6° In article L. 512-17, in the 3rd para…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-3-1

…n for 5th class offences. Repeat offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 du code pénal.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798 ter

…ringements of the rules relating to the obligation and procedures for keeping registers: a fine of €15 per omission or inaccuracy or a penalty of between one and three times, depending on the case, th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article R421-31

…ble for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid travel documents;2°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-4

…1 to 225-4-4, 225-4-7, 225-5 to 225-11, 225-12-1 and 225-12-2, 225-12-5 to 225-12-7, 225-13 to 225-15, 7° of article 311-4 and articles 312-12-1 and 321-6-1 of the Criminal Code;

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-16

Benefit from the allocation provided for in article L. 2334-15 :1° The first two-thirds of municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more, classified, each year, according to a synthetic index of reso…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-16

…partmental councillor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 3123-15 the following scale: DEPARTEMENTAL POPULATION (inhabitants) Maximum rates (in %) Less than 250,00…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-16

…regional plan and, where applicable, the strategic guidelines document mentioned in article L. 4251-15 are approved by order of the State representative in the region. The latter shall ensure that the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-2

…facilities planned. In the communes included in the list drawn up in application of article L. 321-15 of the Environment Code, it includes guidelines for adapting territories to the retreating coastl…

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