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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-10

Decrees or orders approving establishments as general shops may include authorisation for the operator to open a public sales room for wholesale goods.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-1

…s, commodities or manufactured products, may only issue negotiable pledge notes or storage receipts and classify his establishment as a general shop if he has obtained approval from the prefect.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-11

I. - Companies that do not meet the conditions set out in articles L. 522-5 and L. 522-6 may, however, apply for approval as general warehouses for the warehouses they operate or plan to operate and o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-13

One or more standard regulations shall lay down, within the framework of the provisions of this chapter and of the Decree in Council of State adopted for its application, the operating conditions of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-12

The prefectoral decree authorising the opening of the general shop subjects its operator to the obligation of a bond. The same obligation applies to the establishments referred to in article L. 522-8.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission.

Article L814-1

I.-A Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires comprising: 1° A councillor at the Cour de cassation, chairman of the commission…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Legal proceedings before civil and administrative courts

Article 1089 B

The acts of the secretariats of the judicial and administrative courts are not subject to registration duty or any other tax provided for by this code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Legal proceedings before civil and administrative courts

Article 1089 A

Except where they give rise to a proportional or progressive duty, decisions of the courts of law are not subject to registration duty.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the court

Article R131-1

…roit d'asile is appointed for a renewable term of five years.He is responsible for the organisation and operation of the court over which he presides. He manages the court's departments and maintains…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Communication of the appeal and pleadings

Article R532-17

…with lawyers are made by ordinary letter, with the exception of the order closing the investigation and the notice of hearing, which are served by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.As…

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