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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-27

…f the sheet referred to in Article L. 312-12 ; b) Drawing up the form referred to in Article L. 312-17, in particular the requests to be made to the borrower to gather the information required for thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…tion of a small business within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4221-5

…rovisions of Article L. 4221-4, to set, within the limits of the estimate of the tax authorities (domains), the amount of the local authority's offers to be notified to the expropriated parties and to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

…t responsible for ordering the measures referred to in the first paragraph of II of article L. 3131-17 is the Prefect responsible for the place where the person entered national territory or arrived i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-6

…nts is preserved. "III-(Repealed)IV.-For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 1434-17 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "territorial health projects" are replaced by the words:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…sion Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) in accordance with article 11 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms;3° A summar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-2

I.-The persons whose data is recorded in the register are those being prosecuted, within the meaning of paragraphs 10 and 1 of Article 706-56-2, and those convicted of one of the offences for which so…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-5

…4-947 of 20 August 2014 L. 313-3 Order no. 2006-461 of 21 April 2006 L. 313-4 Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 313-5 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 313-5-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-5

…4-947 of 20 August 2014 L. 313-3 Order no. 2006-461 of 21 April 2006 L. 313-4 Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 313-5 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 313-5-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-3

…4-947 of 20 August 2014 L. 313-3 Order no. 2006-461 of 21 April 2006 L. 313-4 Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 313-5 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 313-5-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2…

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