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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-6

…shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings may, at the request of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-2

…themselves of the measures granted to the debtor pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 611-7 or the second paragraph of Article L. 611-10-1 as well as the provisions of the recorded or homolo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-9

…roof that the conditions laid down in Article R. 421-1, in article R. 421-1-1 or to articles R. 421-7 and R. 421-8. A receipt is issued for the application.If the application does not comply, the appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-23

The agents mentioned in articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7 of the Public Health Code who are qualified doctors or pharmacists are authorised to investigate and establish breaches of the provisions of Ch…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-1

Following the findings made on the basis of articles L. 511-5 à L. 511-7, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may apply to the civil court or, if appropriate,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33-1

…3. For the purposes of exercising its power to impose sanctions, the deregistration provided for in 7° of Article L. 612-39 and in the first paragraph of Article L. 312-5 is understood to mean that th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-8-1

…ate for funds derived from revenue received in respect of the activities defined in article L. 6145-7 of this code;b) The decisions mentioned in III of article L. 1618-2 of the General Local Authoriti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article R653-3

…4 of the Commercial Code.Independent of the entries made in the criminal record pursuant to article 768 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, judgments pronouncing personal bankruptcy or the prohibition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-17

…ed to the head of the prison under the conditions set out in the last two paragraphs of article 148-7. The Tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris is not obliged to respond to requests made with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article R3142-53

…ies; 5° 500 to 999 employees: ten beneficiaries; 6° 1,000 to 1,999 employees: twelve beneficiaries; 7° From 2,000 employees: two additional beneficiaries for each additional 1,000 employees.

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