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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions

Article L311-1

…le L. 314-1 relating to the annual percentage rate of charge, in accordance with terms specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. 8° Borrowing rate, the interest rate expressed as a fixed or variable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

…es; d) Mortgage credit; e) Agricultural credit. 15. Surety : a) Direct surety ; b) Indirect surety. 16. Miscellaneous pecuniary losses : a) Employment risks ; b) Insufficient income (general) ; c) Bad…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…odstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Decree No. 91-827 of 29 August 1991 on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses ;4° Feed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-1

…he application of laws and regulations and, in the cases provided for by specific provisions, takes decisions relating to the evaluation, testing, manufacture, preparation, import, export, wholesale d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…transfer every three years. IV -A company which has set up a collective retirement savings plan may decide, under the conditions mentioned inarticle L. 3334-2 of the French Labour Code, to transfer co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…Code, when their purpose is the preparation of one of the offences mentioned in 1° to 14° and 17°; 16° Offence of failing to provide proof of resources corresponding to a lifestyle, provided for by A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…police agents of the national gendarmerie and police respectively mentioned in 2° to 4° of Article 16 and in article 20, customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, res…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…ompetitiveness cluster within the meaning ofArticle 24 of the French FinanceAct no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 ; b) A grant has been awarded by the European Commission or by any body to wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-1

…legal regime applicable to them: 1° Covered deposits defined in application of 2° of article L. 312-16 or covered by an equivalent system; 2° Guaranteed commitments, including guaranteed bonds, and co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…on a regulated market;7° The conditions under which, pursuant to Articles L. 420-10 and L. 421-15, decisions to admit, suspend or delist a financial instrument from trading are made public by the per…

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