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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-14

Where the law provides that the public prosecution may be extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, a person who has received a fixed fine notice following an offence established in the manner prov…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Withdrawal of communes

Article L5216-11

By way of derogation from article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised, by the State representative in the department after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal c…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

For reasons of public health, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may require a company exploiting an immunological v…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-80

Each sample consists of two samples. One sample is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmenta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Exceptional conditions of administration.

Article R5121-96

Doctors, dental surgeons or midwives who do not practice in an establishment, service or centre mentioned in article R. 5121-88 or who do not meet the conditions set out in article R. 5121-91 may be a…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 7: Civil fines

Article 1180-19

The civil fine provided for in Article 387-6 of the Civil Code may not exceed 10,000 euros.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-39

If the borrower defaults, the lender may demand immediate repayment of the outstanding capital plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Until the date of actual payment, the outstanding sums accrue defau…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-37

When the lender has required the borrower to take out insurance and the borrower has taken out insurance with the insurer of his choice, the insurer shall inform the lender of the borrower's non-payme…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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 Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-36

As soon as the borrower first defaults on repayment, the lender shall inform the borrower, on paper or any other durable medium, of the risks it incurs under Articles L. 312-39 and L. 312-40 as well a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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