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

Article L313-17

Without prejudice to articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-9 and L. 341-48 to L. 341-51 of the French Consumer Code, the fixed interest on an equity loan may be increased under the conditions set out in the con…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article R351-5

For the application of article R. 351-4, the following are replaced by locally applicable provisions having the same effect: 1° References to the European standardised information sheet mentioned in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operating credit

Article L313-12

All open-ended loans, other than occasional loans, granted by a credit institution or finance company to a company may only be reduced or interrupted following written notification and the expiry of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Register of serious payment incidents

Article L313-6

Articles L. 751-1 to L. 751-6, L. 752-1 to L. 752-3, L. 762-1 and L. 762-2 of the French Consumer Code set out the rules governing the register of serious payment incidents.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-5

It is forbidden in all advertising and commercial communication to: 1° Equate monthly repayments with rent or refer, for the calculation of instalments, to social benefits that are not provided throug…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Cafés and public houses

Article L313-1

The rules governing the manufacture, sale and consumption of beverages are set out in articles L. 3331-2 and L. 3332-11 of the Public Health Code and articles L. 3335-3 and L. 3335-4 of the same code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-9

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 3-1 of decree no. 53-960 of 30 September 1953 (1), as amended and supplemented by law no. 65-356 of 12 May 1965, do not apply to property l…

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