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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

…ontractual terms in identical contracts that have been deemed unfair, within the meaning of Article L. 212-1 with the exception of its fourth paragraph, by a court decision that has become final with…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-1

…programmes to comply with the exclusive right of holders of related rights provided for in Articles L. 212-3 and L. 213-1. These uses of published phonograms for commercial purposes, regardless of whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1221-1

…Its members carry out their duties in compliance with the ethical principles mentioned in article L. 1111-1-1. Its meetings may be organised in electronic form.The council formulates opinions and re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative approval

Article L382-2

In order to grant the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 382-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify that : 1° The technical and financial resources t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L315-9

…ost of the credit, the overall effective rate defined in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 314-1 à L. 314-4 and, if applicable, the terms of indexation;9° The period of validity of the off…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-5

…s shall be imposed:1° Carrying out a liquidation without the prior declaration mentioned in article L. 310-1 or in disregard of the conditions laid down in that article;2° Carrying out an unpacking sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55

…ncluding measures taken in accordance with the business reorganisation plan provided for in Article L. 613-55-8, will make it possible to achieve the objectives of the resolution mentioned in I of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-1

…appropriate, hold the authorisation for the installation of heavy equipment referred to in article L. 6122-1 ; 3° To enable joint interventions by medical and non-medical professionals working in hea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

I. - When it considers that the measures that may be taken pursuant to II of Article L. 612-33 are not sufficient to remedy the situation of a credit institution, an investment firm referred to in 2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…out in this I, the flat-rate compensation rate for the expenditure mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 1615-1 is set at 5.6%.II.-For the beneficiaries of the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund mentione…

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