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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-3

All approved childminders must undergo training under the conditions set out in article L. 421-14 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on loan insurance

Article L313-10

A standardised information sheet is provided, at the time of the first simulation, to any person who is offered or applies for insurance whose purpose is to guarantee repayment of a loan mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-1

The provisions relating to the legality control and budgetary control of the acts of departmental public establishments and departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are those laid down by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-8

Transactions relating to Livret A passbook accounts and Crédit Mutuel special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009 are subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the Inspectorate Gene…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Order of settlement of claims

Article L711-6

In proceedings initiated pursuant to this book, lessors' claims shall be settled in priority to claims by credit institutions and finance companies and to the loans mentioned in Chapter II of Title I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Advertising.

Article L6352-13

Advertising by a training organisation must not contain any misleading information about the conditions of access to the training courses on offer, their content, penalties or funding arrangements.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The Paris - Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-14

The Paris-Ile-de-France regional chamber of commerce and industry exercises all the powers devolved to any regional chamber of commerce and industry. The departmental chambers of commerce and industry…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article L615-1

La commission d'évaluation et de contrôle de la médiation de la consommation, placed under the Minister responsible for the economy, has the following mission: 1° To draw up and update the list of med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-3

Any manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances as defined by Article L. 5138-2 who carries out his activity without having been authorised to do so by the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Traffic on waterways.

Article L343-7

The rules governing the use of watercraft on rivers are set out in…

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