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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Borrower information

Article L312-33

Where the lender has required the borrower to take out insurance and the borrower has taken out insurance with the insurer of his choice, the insurer shall inform the lender of any substantial change…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Borrower information

Article L312-31

In the event of a change in the borrowing rate, the borrower shall be informed on paper or on another durable medium before the change takes effect. This information shall indicate the amount of the i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Borrower information

Article L312-32

For the credit transactions mentioned in this chapter, excluding hire-purchase and hire-purchase with a purchase option, the creditor shall provide the borrower, at least once a year, with information…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article L141-3

Where the provisions of this code stipulate that information or a decision must be communicated to a foreign national in a language that he understands, this information may be provided either by mean…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article L234-3

European Union citizens who have ceased their professional activity in France and their family members may acquire the right of permanent residence under conditions that derogate from the five-year pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-3

In order to better guarantee the protection of children and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, the fingerprints and a photograph of foreign nationals declaring t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-3

For the purposes of this Book, and under the conditions it lays down, nationals of States which are not members of the European Union and which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L231-3

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L251-3

Foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book have a period of voluntary departure of one month from notification of the decision to comply with the obligation to leave French territory.T…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: SCOPE

Article L110-3

Foreigners within the meaning of the present code are persons who do not have French nationality, either because they have a foreign nationality or because they have no nationality. Foreigners within…

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