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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L134-1

The communauté de communes, communauté d'agglomération, communauté urbaine, métropole or métropole de Lyon automatically exercises, in place of its member communes, under the conditions and subject to…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L142-1

In the absence of the occupant of the premises or if the occupant refuses access to the premises, the enforcement agent may only enter the premises in the presence of the mayor of the municipality, a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Verification procedures

Article R2144-1

The purchaser shall verify the information contained in the application, including the economic operators on whose capabilities the applicant relies. This verification is carried out under the conditi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-1

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in Articles L. 571-3, L. 571-4, L. 571-6 to L. 571-9,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L531-1

Obstructing authorised agents from carrying out their duties in breach of the provisions of article L. 512-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R531-1

The fact that a holder of goods has failed to keep a sample left in his custody pursuant to article R. 512-15 or having altered its condition is punishable by the penalty laid down for 5th class offen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training activities

Article R6313-1

The training course referred to in 1° of Article L. 6313-1 may be organised using different training methods enabling skills to be acquired. Depending on the training methods that make up the learning…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-1

I.-Only holders of a diploma, professional qualification or certificate of professional qualification may, for remuneration, teach, lead or supervise a physical or sporting activity or train its parti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and scope

Article L315-1

The life mortgage loan is a contract by which a credit or financial institution grants a natural person a loan in the form of a capital sum or periodic payments, secured by a mortgage on a property ow…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 725-1

Where two persons, one of whom was entitled to succeed the other, perish in the same event, the order of death shall be established by any means. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of…

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