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Showing 25512560 of 47971 articles for Art. L 113-14 · loi n° 2019-733 du 14 juillet 2019

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article L733-7

The commission may require that the measures provided for in articles L. 733-1 and L. 733-4 be subject to the debtor performing acts to facilitate or guarantee payment of the debt.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Focus

Article L724-2

If, during the execution of the processing measures provided for in Articles L. 732-1, L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7, it appears that the debtor's situation has become irretrievably compromised unde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

I. - From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20-1

I. - Urban communities existing on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale continue to exercis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-5

The provisions of articles L. 313-14 to L. 313-14-2 of the Consumer Code are applicable to loans granted to any natural person registered in the National Register of Companies and to the sole managing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

I.-The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-19, the articles L. 2113-21 to L. 2113-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 2113-26, as they read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Development of marine resources.

Article L4433-16

In the regions of Guadeloupe and Réunion, aid granted by the State before 3 August 1984, the date of publication of the loi n° 84-747 du 2 août 1984 relative aux compétences des régions de Guadeloupe,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Checks and common provisions

Article L753-12

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Checks and common provisions

Article L752-12

I.- Subject to the provisions set out in II, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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