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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

…security scheme, contributions to pension schemes, contributions to the fund instituted in Article L. 1621-2 as well as the training costs of the elected members of the Corsican Assembly and the Cors…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-58

A failure by the lender to repay the sums due under article L. 315-15 on expiry of the term when the debt is less than the value of the property, is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-9

Where undertakings subject to group supervision pursuant to Article L. 356-2 do not comply with the requirements laid down in Article L. 356-15, or where these requirements are complied with but solve…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L134-1

…y exercises, in place of its member communes, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out, respectively, in articles L. 5214-16, L. 5216-5, L. 5215-20 and L. 5215-20-1, L. 5217-2 and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

I. - When the mergers or demergers referred to in article L. 236-1 of the French Commercial Code involve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 38…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Agriculture and forestry

Article L4424-33

The territorial collectivity of Corsica determines, within the framework of the sustainable planning and development plan, the broad guidelines for the island's agricultural, rural and forestry, fishe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-32

…presentative of the State in the département may, where necessary, order measurements of electromagnetic fields to check compliance with the limit values set, pursuant to 12° of article L. 32 of the F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-31

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-17 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros : 1° For the father, mother, guardian or employer, and generally any pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L1254-8

…uneration due to the freelance employee corresponding to the service provided under the conditions set out in articles L. 1254-15 and L. 1254-21.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-84

The provisions of 1° to 3° of article L. 312-6 and those of articles L. 312-16, L. 312-17, L. 312-27, L. 312-38, L. 312-39, L. 312-44, L. 312-48, L. 312-49, L. 312-54, L. 312-55, L. 312-56 and L. 312-…

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