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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-47

…credit, and as long as the borrower can exercise his right of withdrawal, the seller is not obliged to fulfil his obligation to deliver or supply. However, where the purchaser expressly requests the i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-4

In the areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, the assembly of French Guiana may, by deliberation, request the authorities of the Republic to authorise its president to n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-4

The officers mentioned in article L. 450-1 may visit any premises and seize documents and any data media and, where applicable, the means of decrypting them, which may be held, accessible or available…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-44

…at least as favourable as those mentioned in this article, such pay, within the meaning of article L. 3221-3, is increased, following such leave, by general increases as well as the average of indivi…

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

Article L5211-41

…tus, this establishment may be transformed, provided that it fulfils the conditions for creation, into a public establishment of this category by concordant deliberations of the deliberating body and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-46

If the holder of the promissory note fails to pay either the amount of the promissory note or the amount of the interest attached to the promissory note on the due date, and independently of any recou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-44

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up and keep up to date a list of external credit assessment bodies whose assessments may be used by Class 1a credit institutions, financ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-4

…ommunales (National Fund for the Equalisation of Intercommunal and Communal Resources) is allocated to the communes and public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-4

I.-Investment firms of significant size, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall set up a compensation committee. Branches of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-4

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