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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-48-1

…failure to mention or incorrect mention of the overall effective rate provided for in article L. 314-5, the lender may be deprived of the right to interest in the proportion set by the judge, with pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4-1

Where provided for by law, decisions on the enforcement of sentences are taken after consulting the enforcement of sentences committee chaired by the enforcement of sentences judge and made up of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-6

The regional cooperation funds set up respectively for Guadeloupe, La Réunion and Mayotte are funded by State appropriations and may receive allocations from the département, the region, any other pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Harm reduction policy for drug users.

Article D3121-33-4

The possession, control, management and dispensing of medicines strictly related to the harm reduction mission for drug users, the list of which is set by order of the Minister for Health, are carried…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-10

In setting the damages, the court shall take into account separately: 1° The negative economic consequences of the infringement, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-2

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-4

The specific information statement referred to in article L. 132-22 is provided to the contracting party in the year preceding the date of expiry of the contract and no later than one month before tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-4

In the event of an individual disagreement regarding the application of the provisions of articles R. 6153-2 to R. 6153-2-3, R. 6153-10 and D. 6153-10-1, the resident shall refer the matter to the dir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1

Where the parent undertaking of a credit institution or a finance company is a credit institution, an investment firm, a financial holding company, a mixed financial holding company or a parent undert…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-40-2

Municipal councillors of member municipalities of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment who are not members of its deliberative body are informed of the affairs of the establishment that…

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