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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article L722-13

As from the decision that the claim is admissible, the thirty-day period referred to in second paragraph of Article L. 113-3 of the French Insurance Code, where applicable, is extended to one hundred…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-11-1

When the aggressive commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 have been followed by the conclusion of one or more contracts, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-12

Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-11, seizures of financial securities are governed by the provisions of the legislative part of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Redundancy pay.

Article L1234-10

The cessation of the business does not release the employer from the obligation to pay, where applicable, the redundancy compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-11

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with III of article L. 522-19, is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article L4420-1

Article L. 4001-3 is applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-18

In villages and other places where the right mentioned in article L. 2542-15 cannot be exercised by the fabriques, the local authorities shall provide for it.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article L412-1

A public interest grouping comprising, in particular, the State and the Institut national de la recherche agronomique performs the functions of the national plant variety authority. In this capacity,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-1

…The immediate exchange of banknotes or coins denominated in different currencies constitutes a manual foreign exchange transaction. The acceptance of payment by another means of payment in exchange fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-16

In the absence of any stipulation in the agreement concluded pursuant to Article L. 3141-15, the employer : 1° Defines, after consulting the social and economic committee where applicable: a) The peri…

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