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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-37

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electricity or natural gas supply contracts

Article R242-8

The failure to provide the consumer with an electricity or natural gas supply contract in writing or available on a durable medium under the conditions set out in article L. 224-4 is punishable by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-33

For the purposes of this section, durable medium means: a durable medium within the meaning of 8° of the introductory article.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-29

…the consumer with the assessment on the secure space mentioned in article D. 224-26 has expressly waived it. The transmission of the assessment does not apply to natural gas consumers whose annual ref…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-35

In the context of an offer to provide maintenance or repair services for equipment requiring the use of a part falling within a category mentioned in article R. 224-32, the trader, before the consumer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

…are renewed free of charge, up to their period of validity and in the following cases:a) Change of civil status;b) Change of address;c) Error attributable to the administration;d) Passport pages reser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 955

Passports, national identity cards and passport visas to be issued to persons who are genuinely indigent and recognised as being unable to pay for them, are issued free of charge..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article D422-10

The Minister responsible for immigration shall immediately inform the first Member State and the notifying party in writing of the refusal of mobility provided for in Article R. 422-9.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article R422-11

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 422-4 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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