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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-10-1

In the case of a takeover bid, persons who have entered into an agreement with the author of a takeover bid with a view to obtaining control of the company that is the subject of the bid are deemed to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article L322-10

…le for trade, after consulting the chamber of commerce and industry and the commercial court. In no case may it exceed the duty established for sales by mutual agreement, for the same types of goods.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-3

…tion he holds in an economic activity. No member of the departmental commission may deliberate in a case in which he has a personal interest or if he represents or has represented one or more parties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Book III: General provisions

Article R343-2

When a case is referred to it for the purposes of infringement seizure pursuant to Article L. 343-1, the court may ex officio order the temporary sequestration of the seized items in order to ensure t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-3

…he Code of Civil Procedure, the summons shall expressly set out, on pain of nullity, the individual cases presented by the association in support of its action. Copy of the approval order issued pursu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater E bis

…d management centres are required to accept payment either by bank card or by cheque. In the latter case, they must make the cheques payable to themselves and not endorse them unless they are to be ca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article R532-68

…roit d'asile is vitiated by a material error likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, the interested party may lodge an appeal with the court for rectification.This appeal shall be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1243-1

…e legal protection of adults, except where the latter is the appellant. Before the Court of Appeal, cases relating to the legal protection of adults shall be communicated to the Public Prosecutor in a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: The procedure for adjudicating a continuing dispute

Article 1558

…pute on the basis of paragraph 2 or 3 provide for a prior attempt at conciliation or mediation, the case shall be called directly to a hearing for judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Appeal procedures

Article 1524

There shall be no appeal against the order granting the exequatur except in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1522. However, an action to set aside the award automatically entai…

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