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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-2

Any breach of the obligation to provide information on the period of availability of spare parts referred to in article L. 111-4 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-19

This article applies to undertakings for collective investment created in accordance with Article L. 160-10 of this Code, the units or shares of which constitute a unit of account in a life insurance…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-42

If the lender or lessor, in breach of the provisions of article L. 313-35 or, in the case of a hire-purchase contract and a lease with a promise to sell, those set out in article L. 313-59, to agree t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L311-1

The financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée mentioned in a and b of 2° of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

Veterinarians established in another Member State of the European Union performing professional acts on an occasional basis, after having declared themselves as service providers, are subject to the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Insurance against natural disasters.

Article L125-5

This chapter does not apply to damage for which compensation is governed by the provisions of Chapter I of Title VI of Book III of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.Also excluded from the sco…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-16

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-37

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-15

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-12

…insurance undertaking whose registered office is in France and which participates in the cover of a large risk as defined in Article L. 111-6 and situated in the European Union under a co-insurance tr…

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