Section 1: Indexing.

The indexation to the general price level authorised for certain products and loans by article L. 112-3 is implemented using the consumer price index for all households, excluding tobacco, published monthly by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The harmonised consumer price index, excluding tobacco, for the euro zone, calculated monthly by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in Luxembourg (EUROSTAT) and published by Agence France Trésor,…

The activities referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code are commercial and craft activities. The activities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 112-2 are tertiary activities other than the commercial and craft activities mentioned in the first paragraph of this article. They include in particular the activities of the liberal professions and those carried out…