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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-39

…re a cheque is payable in a currency that is not a legal tender in France, the amount of the cheque may be paid, within the time limit for presentation of the cheque, on the basis of its value in euro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3

…concerning the owners of these securities at the request of the issuing company or its agent, which may be made at any time. The communication deadlines and the list of information are set by decree i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-38

…ation by the holder of the plant variety certificate has been lodged or accepted, customs officials may, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, inform this holder of the impleme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 924-3

…nless the co-heirs agree otherwise. However, where the liberality relates to one of the assets that may be the subject of a preferential allotment, time limits may be granted by the court, taking into…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-33

…event of prosecution for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-26, the investigating judge may provisionally order, for a period of up to six months, the closure of any hotel, furnished house…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-32

…recording the offences of acquiring, offering or transferring narcotics referred to in articles 222-37 and 222-39 of the Penal Code, to identify the perpetrators and accomplices and to carry out the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-3

…trade, or in other cases of necessity the assessment of which is submitted to the Commercial Court, may only take place insofar as they have been previously authorised by the Commercial Court, at the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-30

…the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique pursuant to Articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4 and L. 331-29 to L. 331-31, the case shall be investigated under conditions that ensu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-3

In areas of State competence, the authorities of the Republic may empower the president of the assembly of French Guyana to negotiate and sign agreements with one or more States or territories neighbo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-31

…irst phase of support. The business start-up assistance and financial structuring assistance phases may be carried out concurrently or successively. The support contract defines the mutual commitments…

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