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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-48-1

…nt of failure to mention or incorrect mention of the overall effective rate provided for in article L. 314-5, the lender may be deprived of the right to interest in the proportion set by the judge, wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-4

…er of the securities account may contribute securities under the conditions set out in I of article L. 221-32-5. The cash account may not be remunerated.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-46

…r to an investment services provider authorised to provide one of the services mentioned in article L. 321-1. The entity entrusted with this responsibility shall have appropriate and sufficient resour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

…e, hypothecation or grant of exploitation rights, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer or amendment of the rights attached to the French patent application or to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-9

…s required for the purposes of the supervisory review and assessment process referred to in Article L. 533-2-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-1

…L. 952-23-1 of the Education Code a contract on the basis of which he/she receives remuner…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-4-1

…irst paragraph, no authorisation is required for the funeral finance packages referred to inarticle L. 2223-33-1 of the General Local Authorities Code taken out on the life of an adult under guardians…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article L519-3-4

…n with its lending activities or a management company referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2, in particular pursuant to a mandate issued to him, the pecuniary consequences of the profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

…g in particular whether this action is based on one of the grounds mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article L. 5121-9. If its action is based on one of the same grounds, it must also inform the European Medic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-2

…communes or communauté d'agglomération are determined under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-6-1. Until the next general renewal of the municipal councils following the transformation i…

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