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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-8

The application shall be submitted on a form and shall include all the information and supporting documents needed to assess whether the trader is covered by the provisions of article L. 217-24. If th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-16

In the cases provided for in article L. 217-14, the consumer informs the seller of his decision to cancel the contract. The consumer returns the goods to the seller at the latter's expense. The seller…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-20

…hall comply with the following conditions: 1° The contract authorises the principle of such updates and provides a valid reason for them; 2° The seller informs the consumer, in a clear and comprehensi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter participation in local decision-making

Article L1821-1

I.-The articles L. 1112-15 and L. 1112-17 and articles L. 1112-19 to L. 1112-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article L. 1112-16 is applicable to the municipalities of French Pol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1743

…to obtaining the approvals provided for in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C, 217 undecies, 217 duodecies, 244 quater W, 244 quater X and 244 quater Y or the prior authorisation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article D217-1

In application of article L. 217-10, the seller shall inform the consumer of the practical arrangements for returning the goods if they cannot be brought into conformity at the place where the goods a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediators responsible for facilitating the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article R324-1

For the application of articles L. 132-20-2 et L. 217-3, a list of twenty mediators is drawn up by the Minister responsible for culture on the proposal of the approved collective management bodies app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 187

…t on negotiable bonds; however, this rate is set at 15% for income referred to in 1° of article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1965 as well as for redemption lots and prem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-1

…y the pharmacist or doctor, or failing this the shipping director, attached to the shipping company and responsible for holding the medicines, of the order form provided for in division 217 and divisi…

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