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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-12

…operator of voluntary sales of movable property by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 may guarantee the seller a minimum auction price for the property offered for sale. If the property has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-7

The provision must be made by the drawer or by the person on whose behalf the bill of exchange is to be drawn, without the drawer on behalf of others ceasing to be personally obliged to the endorsers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-11

Where all or part of the assigned assets are joint or undivided assets, the sole trader provides proof of the express agreement of his spouse or co-tenants and of their prior information about the rig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-11

The closure of the professional recovery procedure entails the wiping out of debts with regard to creditors whose claim arose prior to the judgment opening the procedure, was brought to the attention…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R513-2

The holder of a published design registration may at any time renounce it, in whole or in part. The declaration of renunciation must, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° Be made by the holder of the regist…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-52

…tion remedies provided for in articles L. 612-16 and L. 612-16-1 shall be submitted to the Director General of the Institute by the holder of the deposit, who must be the holder entered in the Nationa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Actions in the collective interest of consumers

Article L621-2

The consumer associations mentioned in article L. 621-1 and acting under the conditions specified in this article may request the civil court, ruling on the civil action, or the criminal court, ruling…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 545

Only goldsmiths, jewellers and jewellery manufacturers are authorised to manufacture gold, silver or platinum articles in any other non-legal capacity exclusively for shipment to other Member States o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 754 B

…steps to ensure that the provisions of the aforementioned article are effectively applied, the managers, the chairman of the board of directors or the management board of the issuing company are, for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1703

…ic accountants may not, under any pretext, even if there is cause for expert appraisal, defer the registration of deeds and transfers for which the duties have been paid at the rates regulated by the…

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