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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L132-16

Any contract concluded as a result of an unlawful commercial practice mentioned in article L. 121-12 is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-1

The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints' Day…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operating credit

Article L313-12-1

Credit institutions or finance companies shall provide companies applying for a loan or receiving a loan with their rating and an explanation of the factors that led to the rating decisions concerning…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-11

In the case of an affected credit agreement mentioned in article L. 312-44, the prior undertaking to pay cash in the event of a loan refusal is automatically null and void.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-10

In cases where the contract of sale or provision of services provided for in article L. 312-53, from the eighth day following the request for reimbursement of any sum paid in advance by the buyer, thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2315-1

The conditions under which the social and economic committee operates must ensure that the interests of employees working outside the company or in dispersed units are effectively taken into account.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-16

…event of the debtor company being wound up by the court as a going concern, repayment of the equity loans and payment of the remuneration provided for are suspended for the duration of the execution o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-15

In the event of amicable liquidation, compulsory liquidation or receivership by sale of the debtor company, the equity loans are repaid only after all other preferential or unsecured creditors have be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-14

Equity loans are recorded on a specific line of the balance sheet of the organisation granting them and of the company receiving them, which also mentions them in the notes provided for in article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-12-1

The mayor may set maximum dimensions for monuments erected on the graves.

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