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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-18

…of the credit consolidation transaction. The amount of the home loans includes all costs, interest, commissions, taxes, penalties and other charges that the borrower is required to pay to repay these…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-2

…rson is brought before the investigating judge following police custody in the course of a rogatory commission, or if the person is brought before a magistrate in execution of a warrant to bring or ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-60

The Steering Committee consists of: 1° The president of CCI France; 2° The presidents of the regional chambers of commerce and industry; 3° Members of the bureau who are not presidents of the regional…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-8

Voters vote for a complete list, without adding or deleting names and without changing the order of presentation.Each ballot paper is inserted in a double envelope: the inner envelope bears no mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-39

The commission issues a reasoned opinion on the basis of a file comprising: 1° The employee's claim and the employer's rejection decision or, in the event of implicit rejection, the acknowledgement of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-63

…rivate deed, or a copy of this deed if it has been drawn up in authentic form, shall be sent by the company's legal representative, within one month of its date, by registered letter with acknowledgem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses

Article R4135-21

…ses they incur when travelling to take part in meetings of the Regional Council and meetings of the commissions and bodies of which they are an ex officio member or by express deliberation of the Regi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

The Assembly of Corsica determines the conditions under which the communes mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code or their groupings are designated as tou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Service contracts.

Article R5323-13

The private employment agency sends to the public employment service agency commissioning the placement service and, in all cases, to Pôle emploi, the information relating to the jobseeker that is nec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-72

…patient with an unjustified or illicit material benefit; 2° Any rebate in money or in kind, or any commission to any person whatsoever; 3° Apart from the conditions set out in articles L. 1453-6 and…

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