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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-4

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-13

Having direct debit forms signed on bank accounts containing clauses contrary to the provisions of article L. 312-25 and, for an affected credit agreement, those of article L. 312-50 is punishable by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-12

If the lender or seller claims or receives, in breach of the provisions of article L. 312-25 and, for an affected credit agreement, those of article L. 312-50, from the borrower or buyer a payment in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-9

A lender who has not complied with the formalities prescribed in the last paragraph of article L. 312-92 and article L. 312-93 may not claim from the borrower the sums corresponding to the interest an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-6

A lender who has not complied with the obligations relating to informing the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate set out in article L. 312-31 and, for account overdraft transaction…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-25

The persons responsible for providing the borrower with explanations of the loans mentioned in articles L. 312-1 to L. 312-3 and to collect the information needed to draw up the sheet provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4434-2

The Regional Council sets the rates for the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on diesel and petrol in overseas France, under the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-33-1

When applying the provisions of Article L. 612-2 to members established outside France of a clearing house established in France, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take into a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-11

Any issuer of a universal service voucher in the nature of a special payment instrument, which is not subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-4 to L. 312-18 of the Monetary and Financial Code, mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-6

Nurses holding the State diploma in psychiatric nursing may practise nursing in public and private health establishments, in the social and medico-social establishments and services mentioned in artic…

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