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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Lawyers

Article R444-76

Lawyers are prohibited, under penalty of disciplinary sanctions, from sharing their emoluments with a third party.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Notaries

Article R444-70

The notary may waive all emoluments relating to a specific deed or to the various deeds received in connection with the same matter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Lawyers

Article R444-74

Before any settlement, lawyers are required to provide the parties, even if they do not request it, with a document, known as a "statement of costs", setting out a detailed account of the emoluments,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-7

A section may at any time decide to refer a case back to the full court..

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Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-7

For the application of article L. 464-6, the referrer and the Government Commissioner have two months to submit their written observations. They may present oral observations at the meeting.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-7

Each form mentioned in Article R. 511-6 states: 1° The date of the protest; 2° The surname, first names, profession and domicile of the person in whose favour the bill or cheque was created, or the dr…

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Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-7

The applicant must attach to the form, as appropriate, the original deed constituting the security if it is a private document, the copy if it is a notarised document, the court decision or a copy of…

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Section 2: Investigation.

Article R463-7

Where it considers that the investigation is incomplete, the Competition Authority may decide to refer the case back for investigation in whole or in part. This decision is not subject to appeal.

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TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-7

Where the judge intends to request information from the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approved prevention groups.

Article D611-7

Approval is granted for a maximum period of three years, renewable by order of the prefect of the region where the group's head office is located. The decision takes into account in particular:The com…

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