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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of public combat sports events

Article A331-36

In disciplines for which no federation has been delegated, the technical and safety rules applicable to public combat sport events are set out in Annex III-28.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-3

Any person who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in articles L. 511-5 and L. 511-8 is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The court may order the posting or broad…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-3

The indications mentioned in 1° of Article R. 714-2 shall be recorded at the initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, in the case of a court decision, at the request of the Regi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L531-3

Failure to comply with the deposit measure mentioned in article L. 512-26 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Loans denominated in a currency other than the euro

Article R313-30

Under the conditions set out in article R. 313-4, the inherent risks and the conditions for granting the loans mentioned in article L. 313-64, are provided to the borrower in the European standardised…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Loans denominated in a currency other than the euro

Article R313-32

Once the loan has been concluded, the creditor shall regularly warn the borrower, on paper or on another durable medium, at least when the value of the total outstanding amount payable by the borrower…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Loans denominated in a currency other than the euro

Article R313-31

The loan offer may only be made to borrowers who bear the exchange rate risk and who have declared on their honour that they receive more than half of their annual income in the currency of the loan o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Specific recognition of associations

Article R812-3

The list of consumer defence associations benefiting from the specific recognition provided for in Article R. 812-1 is updated and made available to the public on a website run by the Minister for Con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article LO3511-3

For the application to Mayotte of chapitre V du titre IV du livre IV de la troisième partie, la référence au département est remplacée par la référence au Département de Mayotte.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-3

Claims made pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 57 and the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code obey the rules of ordinary written procedure applicable before the ju…

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