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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-29

When the lender offers the borrower an insurance contract with a view to guaranteeing, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks that this contract defines, either the total or partial repaym…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-29

…is stipulated to be payable in a currency which is not current at the place of payment, the amount may be paid in the currency of the country, according to its value on the day of maturity. If the de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29

The removal or containment work referred to in this sub-section must be completed within thirty-six months of the date on which the owner receives the identification report or the results of the dust…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2513

…movable property. The land register is kept by the real estate property conservation department. It may be kept, by that service, in electronic form under the conditions defined by Article 1366.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Liens and mortgages

Article 2531

Only the following may be mortgaged: 1° Immovable property which is in the trade and its accessories deemed to be immovable; 2° Usufruct of the same property and accessories, for the duration of its t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 133-25-2, in the case of the levies referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012, the payer has an unconditional right to reimbursement wit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-25

…ance to cinema owners to help compensate for the drop in business they have been experiencing since March 2020 as a result of the measures restricting and banning admission to cinemas.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-25

I. When a portfolio management company plans to change any of the factors mentioned in 2°, 5° and 6° of II of Article D. 532-20 or any of the assessment factors communicated to the Autorité des marché…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Findings.

Article 253

…n official report is drawn up of the findings presented orally. However, the drafting of the report may be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the case is immediately judged at last instance. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…e L. 831-1 of the same code; 5° A social rental loan is defined as a regulated loan granted after 8 March 2001 to finance social rental housing, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which i…

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