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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions

Article L311-1

…borrower, the sum of the total amount of credit and the total cost of credit owed by the borrower ; 10° Total amount of credit, the ceiling or total sums made available by virtue of a credit agreement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…ce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may also propose to use the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the requested se…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-6

…onal registration designating France, in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017, constitutes a prior claim enforceable under I of Article L. 711-3. Where a tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

An investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm whi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R513-6

The association shall check that its members comply with the obligation to take out a professional indemnity insurance policy as referred to in article L. 512-6. It shall check in particular that this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Holders of a diploma entitling them to practise the profession of dietician.

Article D4371-1

…ician are : 1° The Advanced Technician's Diploma in Dietetics, governed by the provisions of Decree no. 95-665 of 9 May 1995 on the general regulations for the Advanced Technician's Diploma; 2° The un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6222-69

Before concluding the agreement provided for in article R. 6222-67, the employer sends its skills operator the draft agreement with a request for the costs generated by the apprentice's mobility outsi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-11

…ed for in article L. 145-9 or in the response to the renewal request provided for in Article L. 145-10, make known the rent he proposes, failing which the new price is only due from the date of the re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-2

…ssumption of responsibility under the legal guarantee. The amount due is automatically increased by 10% if reimbursement is made no later than fourteen days after this deadline, by 20% up to thirty da…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-60

Notwithstanding article 10 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, in centres with a workforce of less than two hundred employees, a specialised committee may be set up within the social co…

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