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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L318-5

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may withdraw the authorisation referred to in Article L. 318-1 in the following cases:1° If one or more of the conditions set out in article L. 318…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-54

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, it is an offence for a lender to grant a life mortgage without making a prior offer to the borrower in accordance with Article L. 315-9 or under cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-7

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 612-1, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés shall ensure compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 521-5 and L. 521-6 by using th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Registration and deregistration

Article L752-2

As soon as a debtor applies to a personal over-indebtedness commission, it informs the Banque de France for the purposes of registration in the file.The same obligation is incumbent on the registry of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formal notices from the Departmental Director of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training.

Article L4721-1

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, on the report of the Labour Inspection officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 noting a dangerous situation, may g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L764-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-25

Directly or indirectly providing the children mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 7124-1 and article L. 7124-2 or their legal representatives with funds in excess of the share set pursuant to the firs…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-19

The residence permit of a foreign national who does not fall into the categories mentioned in articles L. 631-2, L. 631-3 and L. 631-4 may be withdrawn if the holder has brought in his or her spouse o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-30

The list of institutions or persons referred to in Article L. 213-23 may be supplemented by a decree issued on the basis of a report from the Minister for the Economy. The Banque de France may grant i…

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