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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-37

If the lender or lessor fails to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 313-38 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-39

…iated using card-linked payment instruments on which electronic money within the meaning of Article L. 315-1 of this Code is stored.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-3

Tangible pledge loans taken out with municipal credit unions pursuant to Article L. 514-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6 and L. 312-8 t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article L461-3

…or a vice-chairman appointed by him, may alone adopt the decisions provided for in III of Article L. 462-5, in Article L. 462-8, as well as those provided for in articles L. 464-2 to L. 464-6 when t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-31

Subject to articles L. 223-9, L. 225-8-1 and L. 227-1, when the business assets contributed to a company contain assets constituting a contribution in kind, a contribution auditor shall be appointed.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Determining the amount of repayments

Article L731-3

…es is set by the commission and mentioned in the conventional recovery plan provided for in article L. 732-1 or in the measures provided for in articles L. 733-1 or L. 733-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L6242-3

Failure to submit to the inspections instituted by Articles L. 6221-9 and L. 6221-10 and obstructing the duties of the inspection officers mentioned in Article L. 6231-1 are punishable by six months'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-3

…ledonia and French Polynesia: 1° At the end of the first sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 2212-6, the words: "under the conditions laid down in the second paragraph of article L. 2212-2"…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…provided for in the case of safeguard by the first and third paragraphs of I and by III of Article L. 622-7, by the articles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-3

It is prohibited for any person other than those mentioned in articles L. 525-1 and L. 525-2 to issue and manage electronic money within the meaning of article L. 315-1 on a regular professional basis…

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