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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-8

…ations between credit institutions and their customers are set out in Chapter II of Title I of Book III of the Monetary and Financial Code. The rules governing relations between credit institutions an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-61

…is case, the sums paid may be subject to a tax deduction under the conditions set out inarticle 238 bis of the General Tax Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Judicial divorce and legal separation

Article 1092

…which is equivalent to a pleading. After hearing the minor under the conditions defined in Title IX bis of Book I or, in the absence of discernment, refusing to hear the minor under the conditions def…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-14

Pôle emploi, the organisations mentioned in article L. 5314-1 and in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4, as well as the education authority rectors for the contracts mentioned in article L. 5134-125, may all…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…lue added tax under the simplified actual tax regime provided for in articles 302 septies A and 298 bis of the same code, on declarations sent at the same time as the annual declaration mentioned in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-3

…e that does not have roads and other networks that comply with the regulatory provisions of Chapter III of Title III of Book V of this Part is liable to a fine of 22,500 euros. Interruption of work ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article D5843-3

…rovided for in II. II.-For the application of Article R. 5722-1, the words: "The provisions of Book III of Part Two" are replaced by the words: "The provisions of Section 4 of Chapter III of Title VII…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effect of winding-up proceedings of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a Member State of the European Union other than France

Article R326-4

In the event of the implementation of a reorganisation measure or the opening of winding-up proceedings in respect of an insurance undertaking whose head office is situated in a Member State of the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…s mentioned in Article L. 511-22 and the financial institutions mentioned in Article L. 511-23 ; 1° bis Payment institutions governed by the provisions of Chapter II of Title II of this Book, includin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-3

…eal suspending enforcement, without prejudice to the provisions of European Union law applicable;2° bis Decisions handed down by the Unified Patent Court;3° Extracts from conciliation reports signed b…

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