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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-66

Notaries may not collect any revenue duty for the collection or custody of capital and securities deposited for the direct execution of a deed of sale or loan executed in their office. Notaries must,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-6

…d by the general rapporteur when the Competition Authority convenes to rule pursuant to Article L. 464-1.The rapporteur who has investigated a case may present oral observations at the meeting at whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R490-6

…ean Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of…

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Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-6

Minutes are taken of the hearings conducted by the rapporteur and signed by the persons heard. If they refuse to sign, this is noted by the rapporteur. The persons heard may be assisted by counsel.

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Chapter I: Bills of exchange.

Article R511-6

…etical file which constitutes the nominative statement of protests, provided for in Article L. 511-56.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article R461-6

The chairman of the Competition Authority determines the number and composition of the sections; he assigns the members of the Competition Authority to each of them.Each section is chaired by the chai…

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Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-6

Applications for authorisation filed by the companies mentioned in article L. 522-11 are posted for a period of three months following filing, at the prefecture and at the town hall and commercial cou…

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Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article D611-6

The regional prefect has a period of three months in which to grant or refuse approval. The starting point for this period is set at the date of issue of the acknowledgement of receipt specifying the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-6

The report referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-5 contains: 1° A list of the agreements subject to approval by the decision-making body or attached to the documents sent to members in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R625-6

The institutions mentioned in Article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code shall inform the judicial representative of their refusal to settle a claim appearing on a statement, within the same timeframes as…

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