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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-46

For loans with a variable or reviewable interest rate, the lender is required, once a year, to provide the borrower with information relating to the amount of capital still to be repaid.In the event o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-48

Where a conventional loan is usurious, excessive collections under articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-9 are automatically deducted from the normal interest due at the time and, subsidiarily, from the princip…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L341-45

A lender who has not complied with the obligation to inform the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate referred to in article L. 313-46 may be deprived of the right to interest, in fu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-4

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with an agreement satisfying the conditions laid down in Articles L. 312-18, L. 312-21, L…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-4

Category A Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control officials, specially authorised for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, on the proposal of the Minister for the Economy, may receive let…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-4

The decision to detain takes into account the vulnerable state and any disability of the foreign national.The motor, cognitive or psychological disability and the support needs of the foreign national…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO FOREIGNERS ASSIGNED TO RESIDENCE

Article L733-4

The administrative authority may require the foreign national under house arrest to surrender his passport or any document proving his identity, under the conditions laid down in article L. 814-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RESIDENCE ASSIGNMENTS

Article L732-4

When the house arrest has been decreed pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article L. 731-3, it may not exceed a period of six months.It may be renewed once, within the same time limit. However, in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-4

The Town Council elects the mayor and deputy mayors from among its members by secret ballot. No person may be elected mayor who is not at least eighteen years of age. The office of mayor is incompatib…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Litigation by the municipality

Article L2132-4

Any party who has obtained a conviction against the municipality shall not be liable for any charges or contributions imposed for the payment of costs and damages resulting from the proceedings.

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