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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-39

…or a natural person and 15,000 euros for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of Book V.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-39

…the contract and without prejudice to the application of the article 1231-5 of the Civil Code, is set according to a scale determined by decree.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-39

The fire and rescue services contribute to the funding of training for volunteer fire brigade officers provided by their national public training establishment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-2

…the jurisdiction of the judicial court, in accordance with the national guidelines for this policy determined by the State, as specified by the public prosecutor pursuant to Article 35. It is also con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-3

…igation department, the public prosecutor may issue general or specific instructions to investigators. He checks the legality of the resources used by the investigators, the proportionality of the inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-39

The judicial police officer or agent acting under his or her responsibility shall describe or transcribe, in a report which shall be placed in the file, the recorded data which are useful for establis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-39

…orward any recommendations aimed at contributing to the structuring of women's professional sport, better media coverage of women's sporting events and equal access for women to sporting activities, t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Discount rights.

Article 390 ter

The administration may, taking into account the economic and social situation of the debtor, his good faith and the circumstances that led to the late payment, grant total or partial remission of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-39

…days of being notified of the dismissal, the person concerned sends his employer, under conditions determined by regulation, a certificate proving the arrival in his home, within fifteen days, of a ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-39

…employees, the employer notifies the employee of the redundancy for economic reasons by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The letter of notification may not be sent before the expiry…

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