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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional Economic and Social Council and Council for Culture, Education and the Environment (R).

Article R4434-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 4432-10, the appropriations required for the operation of the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, educa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…l and Maritime Fishing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of the same…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 quinquies

…munications Code, as well as by the service providers mentioned in 1 and 2 of I of article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy. The implementation of the right o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article R521-2

The publicity provided for in article L. 521-2 and in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 521-3-1 may be carried out via the press, electronically or by posting. Publication in the press, by elect…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…econd paragraph is considered to be a digital book publisher within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 2011-590 of 26 May 2011 relating to the price of digital books.The exploitation of the work unde…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mediation

Article L651-2

…words: "Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the online settlement of consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mediation

Article L651-1

…Miquelon, the words: "Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the online settlement of consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1531

…rinciple of confidentiality under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article 21-3 of the aforementioned Act of 8 February 1995.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-2-1

…he last paragraph of III of Article L. 440-1, the words "of this Code and Articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 of the Consumer Code" are deleted.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…rocedure for granting credit, consult the national register of personal credit repayment incidents; 21° The period during which the creditor is bound by the pre-contractual information.

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