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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R522-9

If the assets can no longer be found in the place where they were seized, the bailiff orders the debtor to inform him within eight days of their whereabouts and, if they have been seized for sale, to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-14

…act or the same lot of a contract both for economic operators who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-12 and for those who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-13. A purchaser may not reserve the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3411-5

Concession contracts that come to an end during a period of exceptional circumstances may be extended by amendment beyond the term stipulated in the contract if a competitive tendering procedure canno…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Selection of economic operators participating in the dynamic purchasing system

Article R2162-45

The purchaser shall evaluate the applications within ten working days of their receipt.This period may be extended to fifteen working days where this is justified, in particular because it is necessar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-121

The deliberations taken by the meetings in violation of articles L. 225-96, L. 225-97, L. 225-98, the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 225-99 and the second and third paragraphs of I of artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-4

The Ordinary General Meeting appoints, under the conditions set out in the Articles of Association, a supervisory board, composed of at least three shareholders.The supervisory board is composed with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-58

The general meeting of bondholders is convened by the board of directors, the management board or the legal representative of the company, by the representatives of the group or by the liquidators dur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-97

When securities representing a claim on the issuing company are issued, including those giving the right to subscribe for or acquire a security, it may be stipulated that these securities will be rede…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-1

The final or intermediate topography of a semiconductor product reflecting an intellectual effort by the creator may, unless it is commonplace, be the subject of a deposit conferring the protection pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

French nationals may claim the application for their benefit, in France, of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883,…

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