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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-25-1

…ties appearing in court who submit their claims in writing and who are assisted or represented by a lawyer must expressly state their claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these claims…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-12

…he chèque emploi-service universel, when it has the nature of a special payment voucher, may be pre-financed in whole or in part by a person for the benefit of his employees, agents, beneficiaries, pe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-6

…ne third, the average effective rate charged during the previous quarter by credit institutions and finance companies for transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, as defined by the adm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-1

…ovided for in Article 495-18 is carried out by the accountants of the Directorate General of Public Finances responsible for the recovery of fines imposed by the judicial court of the capital of the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-6

Within sixty days of the date of the transfer of powers, the municipal council of each municipality draws up lists of the operations mentioned in article R. 5215-5, distinguishing between: 1° Operatio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 209

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture may: a) designate the parts of the area defined in the preceding article where the formality of an open accou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-8

…nt services. The cooperatives authorise these establishments to provide the Inspectorate General of Finance and the agents of the national establishment for agricultural and sea products (FranceAgriMe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-54

…r the provision of services referred to in 9° of Article L. 311-1, the credit agreement intended to finance it is terminated ipso jure without costs or compensation, with the possible exception of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-5

Any person other than a credit institution or finance company is prohibited from carrying out credit transactions on a regular basis.It is also prohibited for any person other than a credit institutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-7

…r than those defined in articles L. 513-2 to L. 513-6 may be held by sociétés de crédit foncier and financed by preferential resources. This decree sets the maximum proportion that these other assets…

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