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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-2

Where a contractual loan is usurious, the excessive sums collected in accordance with articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-5-1 are automatically deducted from the normal interest and, subsidiarily, from the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to credit and aggravated risks

Article L313-6-1

Access to credit is guaranteed under the conditions set out in Articles L. 1141-1 to L. 1141-3, L. 1141-5 and L. 1141-6 of the Public Health Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Criteria for ordering redundancies.

Article L1233-7

When the employer makes an individual redundancy for economic reasons, he shall take into account the criteria set out in article L. 1233-5 when choosing the employee concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Criteria for ordering redundancies.

Article L1233-5

When the employer makes a collective redundancy for economic reasons, and in the absence of an applicable collective labour agreement, it defines the criteria used to determine the order of redundanci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Real and serious cause.

Article L1233-2

Any redundancy for economic reasons shall be justified in accordance with the conditions set out in this chapter. It shall be justified by a real and serious reason.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Criteria for ordering redundancies.

Article L1233-6

The criteria set out in the collective bargaining agreement or, failing that, in the employer's decision, cannot establish a priority for dismissal solely on the basis of the lifetime benefits enjoyed…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L3133-4

Articles L. 3133-2 and L. 3133-3 do not apply to defence or security concession contracts when their award and performance are declared secret or must be accompanied by special security measures.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L3133-1

Holders of concession contracts concluded with the State, local authorities and public establishments shall send their invoices in electronic form.This article does not apply to defence or security co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L3133-5

The terms and conditions for the application of this sub-section, in particular the essential elements that electronic invoices must contain, shall be defined by regulation.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L3133-2

The State, local authorities and public establishments accept invoices sent in electronic form by the holders of concession contracts referred to in Article L. 3133-1.

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