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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-7

…rcial Court judge has incurred, before or after his installation, one of the convictions, disqualifications or incapacities mentioned in article L. 723-2, he is automatically stripped of his duties.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Eligibility.

Article L723-7

…are no longer eligible for election in that court.Commercial court judges may not serve beyond the calendar year in which they reach the age of seventy-five..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.

Article L732-7

To the list of candidates declared elected, the committee provided for by Article L. 723-13 appends a supplementary list containing the names, positions and addresses of the candidates who were not el…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-7

The competent administrative authority shall decide on applications for authorisation submitted to it pursuant to article L. 761-5, taking into consideration the effects of the project in terms of reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-7

…appeal, where the commercial court is established at the seat of the court of appeal and, in other cases, by the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the commercial court has its seat.

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Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7

…holding companies of liberal professions. Where the legal form of practice is a company, the share capital and voting rights may be held by any person practising a legal or judicial profession or by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-7

…this article may not be imposed before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of notification of the document indicating to the taxpayer the increase that it is intended to apply, the rea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-7

People on the list are expected to carry out their duties throughout France.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-7

It shall be punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for any person performing the duties of statutory auditor to give or confirm false information about the situation of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-7

…nsible for management, of one or more shareholders or members representing at least 5% of the share capital, of the works council, of the public prosecutor or of the Autorité des marchés financiers fo…

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