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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

I. - A surety guarantee mechanism is hereby set up to honour, in the event of default by a credit institution or finance company, the surety undertakings required by law or regulation and given by tha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-50

When the presentation of the bill of exchange or the making of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as the legal prescription of any State or a…

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

Article L613-50

I. - When implementing a resolution measure, the College of Resolution shall take into account the objectives of the resolution. These objectives are as follows: 1° To ensure the continuity of critica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-50

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may, by means of the clause "return without charge", "without protest", or any other equivalent clause, inscribed on the document and signed, exempt the bearer,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Time-limited paid on-street parking

Article L2573-50

For its application in French Polynesia, Article L. 2333-87 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2333-87 -Without prejudice to the application of article L. 2213-2, the municipal council or the deliberative bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

The contributions referred to in Article L. 6331-48 are collected by the bodies referred to in Articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code and are paid to France Compétences, up to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Approval of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-50

The procedure for approval of a sectoral agreement is initiated by the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority, at the request of one of the organisations mentioned in Articles L. 7343-4 and L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50

The authorisation referred to in I of Article L. 532-1 may be refused by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the organisation and operation, as well as the internal control system,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-50

The change of activity may give rise to the payment, by the lessee, of compensation equal to the amount of the loss that the lessor would establish to exist. The latter may also, in return for the adv…

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