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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Marriage brokerage contracts

Article R242-20

A repeat offence of the offences punishable under articles R. 242-16 to R. 242-19 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-20

The information document shall be drawn up on a durable medium. It shall include, presented in a clear and legible manner in characters no smaller than the height of the size eight, the following info…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-20

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

In each department, the coordination commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the dep…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-20

…compensation given to the association by virtue of the consumer's membership of the group is equivalent to the power to carry out on the consumer's behalf all procedural acts and steps with a view to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-20

The liquidator shall deposit with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations the sums arising from the sales made.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-20

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R823-20

The results of some of the laboratory's work may give rise to the issue of reports.The procedures for applying this article shall be specified by an order of the Minister responsible for industry.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-20

Personal data are classified, within the processing mentioned in article R. 142-16, in electronic files. There may be only one file for any one foreign national.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-20

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 121-29, the deliberations of the Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are enforceable by operation of law fifteen days after…

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