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Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-5

…uch dissolution is pronounced less than one year before a general renewal, the renewal shall not be carried out. II. - When the number of members of a chamber of commerce and industry is reduced to le…

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BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L670-5

Other than the cases provided for in Article L. 643-11, creditors also recover their right to take individual legal action against the debtor where the court finds, of its own motion or at the request…

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BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-5

Where the provisions of Titles I to VI of this Book are applied in respect of a business carried on without the allocation of assets and liabilities, the assets and liabilities which, where applicable…

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TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article L732-5

…under the conditions provided for by Article L. 732-7. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote.

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Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-5

The Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development) comprises twelve members appointed for a non-renewable term of six years by decree issued on the repo…

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Chapter II: Organisation and operation.

Article L722-5

…request of the Public Prosecutor, sets the date from which the Commercial Court will again hear the cases within its jurisdiction. On that date, the cases are transferred as they stand to the Commerci…

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Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-5

…the withdrawal by customers of retail purchases ordered by telematic means, organised for access by car, the mayor, the president of the public inter-communal cooperation establishment with its own ta…

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TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-5

…itions defined in article L. 761-7.The authorisation provided for in the first paragraph is automatically granted when the market does not have the necessary surface area to allow the proposed establi…

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TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L724-5

…ts members, including the chairman, are present. In the event of a tie, the chairman shall have the casting vote.

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Section 2: Guarantee of the representation of funds, professional civil liability and remuneration.

Article L814-5

…II of this same article, must provide evidence, when accepting their assignment, of a guarantee allocated to the reimbursement of funds, effects or securities as well as insurance taken out with the g…

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