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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

…ase, that the cheque has been issued in defiance of an injunction issued pursuant to article L. 131-73 or in breach of a prohibition issued pursuant to article L. 163-6 ; 3. Failure to report payment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…ccupation of land included within the perimeter or the application of articles L. 1322-3 to L. 1322-7 deprives the owner of the enjoyment of the income for more than one year or when, after the work,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-8

…he procedures for setting and revising the overall allocation provided for in 2° of article L. 1418-7; 5° The conditions under which one or more of the agency's support and back-up services may be poo…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-2

…général près la cour d'appel" by "procureur de la République près le tribunal supérieur d'appel" ; 7° "Préfet" or "préfet du département" by "représentant de l'État à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon" ; 8° "…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-2

…ès la cour d'appel" is replaced by "procureur de la République près le tribunal supérieur d'appel"; 7° "Préfet" or "préfet du département" is replaced by "représentant de l'État à Saint-Pierre-et-Miqu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-6

…meetings and the publication formalities laid down by the decree provided for in Article L. 228-29-7, consolidation remains optional for shareholders. The provisions of article L. 228-29-3 may not be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

…and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Controls

Article L3515-1

…prerogatives granted to them by articles L. 1312-1 of this Code, L. 8113-1 to L. 8113-5 and L. 8113-7 of the Labour Code and by the texts adopted for their application. In order to establish an infrin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-1

…solvency and financial situation, by the bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 355-7; b) For the regular report to the supervisor, by the board of directors or the supervisory board;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-14

…ith the register to which the individual private limited company belongs pursuant to article L. 526-7 to be appended thereto.In the event of non-compliance with the obligation mentioned in the first p…

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