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

Article L313-51

An order of the Minister for the Economy specifies the terms, deadlines and maximum amount of compensation.In accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Article L. 313-50 and this Article,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-51

When the lender requests that the contract be rescinded, it may demand immediate repayment of the outstanding capital and payment of the interest due. Until the date of actual payment, the outstanding…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-1

For account overdrafts, a usurious loan to a natural person acting for business purposes or to a legal person engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or non-commercial professional a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article L3135-1

I. - When they are included on the list mentioned in the order provided for in II, medicinal products not subject to the provisions of article L. 5121-8, mentioned in II and III of article L. 5124-8 a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Amendment of the concession contract

Article L3135-1

…cession contract may be amended without a new competitive tendering procedure, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, when:1° The amendments were provided for in the initial c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-1

Failure to grant an employee the daily rest period referred to in articles L. 3131-1 to L. 3131-3 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Contraventions give rise to as many fines as there are employees…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article D3135-1

I.-For the application of article L. 3135-4, the following are authorised to assist a pharmacist or to dispense or distribute, on an emergency basis, healthcare products from State stocks appearing on…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Contractual clauses

Article R3135-1

The concession contract may be amended when the amendments, regardless of their amount, have been provided for in the initial contractual documents, in the form of clear, precise and unequivocal revie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-52

No compensation or costs other than those mentioned in article L. 313-51 may not be charged to the borrower in the event of default as provided for in this article. However, in the event of default by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-8

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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