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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-40

In the event of default by the borrower in the performance of a leasing contract accompanied by a promise of sale or a hire-purchase contract, the lender is entitled to demand, in addition to the retu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

The costs referred to in article L. 1614-1 are compensated by the transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-49

The decision authorising the use of the device referred to in article 230-47 shall include all the information needed to identify the places concerned and shall specify its duration. The authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Iterative defects

Article 494-1

In the cases provided for in the first to fifth paragraphs of article 494 and if justified by special circumstances, the court may, by a specially reasoned decision, modify the judgment against which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat specifies the procedures for opening, operating and closing the Livret A. Deposits made into a Livret A account may not exceed a ceiling set by the decree referred to in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Irregular, unacceptable or inappropriate tenders

Article L2152-4

An unsuitable tender is a tender that has no connection with the contract because it is clearly unable, without substantial modification, to meet the buyer's needs and requirements as set out in the c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L341-45

A lender who has not complied with the obligation to inform the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate referred to in article L. 313-46 may be deprived of the right to interest, in fu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L341-46

If the lender demands from the borrower or lessee or withholds from his account sums in excess of those he is authorised to demand or withhold pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 313-49, L. 313-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-17

Where provided for by law, public proceedings are extinguished by payment of a fixed fine set by law, which may not exceed the amount provided for in the first paragraph of Article 131-13 of the Penal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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