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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…ediate decision and deprive consumers of sufficient opportunity or time to make an informed choice; 8° Undertaking to provide an after-sales service to consumers with whom the trader has communicated…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…n companies, profits or losses of companies or bodies subject to the regime provided for in article 8, where they do not derive from an activity carried out in a defence restructuring zone, and income…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…r units in companies, income from companies or bodies subject to the regime provided for in Article 8, when they do not derive from an activity carried out in a redynamising employment area, and incom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1

…laid down by the code de procédure civile. In cases of domestic violence covered by the article 132-80 du code pénal, a mediation mission cannot be carried out ; 6° In the case of an offence committed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to an account

Article L312-1

…the credit institution;6° The institution is in one of the situations referred to in article L. 561-8.Any termination at the initiative of the credit institution is the subject of a paper letter sent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…undertakes to exercise, in respect of that branch, duties equivalent to those conferred by section 8 of this chapter on the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

I.-Without prejudice to the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 132-8, for the application of the first paragraph of article L. 132-27-2, the date on which the insurance undert…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…wance corresponding to tax compensation and the special assistance provided for in articles L. 1614-8 and L. 1614-4, revalued according to the growth rate of the overall operating grant distributed in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…least half of the communes located in a mountain area delimited pursuant to article 3 de la loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne ou regroupant to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-35

…firms which constitute a significant part of the financial system within the meaning of Article 11(8) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 ;2°…

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