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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-11

…strative account is sent to the State representative no later than fifteen days after the deadline set for its adoption by the articles LO 6262-7 and LO 6262-10. Failing this, the State representative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-13

…as collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the payment periods provided for in I of Article L. 441-10 and 1° to 4° of II of Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Additional payment without express consent

Article L132-22

Any breach of the obligation to obtain the consumer's express consent under the conditions set out in article L. 121-17 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and…

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

Article L313-50

…er does not require immediate repayment of the outstanding capital, it may increase, within limits set by decree, the rate of interest that the borrower will have to pay until it has resumed the norma…

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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 Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article L314-24

…d skills concerning the preparation, offer and granting of credit agreements referred to in Article L. 313-1, the provision of the advice service referred to in articles L. 313-13 and L. 313-14 and, w…

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

Article L313-51

…he Civil Code, may not exceed an amount which, depending on the remaining term of the contract, is set according to a scale determined by decree.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article L314-25

…persons responsible for providing the borrower with explanations of the loans mentioned in articles L. 312-1 to L. 312-3 and to collect the information needed to draw up the sheet provided for in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-40

At his request, the mayor receives from the representative of the State in the department the information necessary for the exercise of the municipality's attributions. At his request, the representat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-41

At the mayor's request, the representative of the State in the department or his representative presents the State's action in terms of security and crime prevention for the municipality concerned to…

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