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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-11

In the case provided for in article R. 223-10, the vehicle is sold as in the case of seizure and sale.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-1

…fers of this type relating to members' shares under the conditions provided for inArticle 11 of Law No. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, are required, beforehand, to draw up…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-9

…paragraph ceases to be valid are defined in Article 299 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

…ody called upon to approve the accounts, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-9510. Statutory auditor's due diligence relating to the management report, other documents on the fina…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Consumer information and assistance

Article L616-2

Where applicable, it shall also inform the consumer of the steps taken to implement Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the online…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article R621-37

When the Secretary General proposes that the Board implement the procedure provided for in II of Article L. 621-14, he shall first inform the person concerned, by registered letter with acknowledgemen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-2

…y the list of documents mentioned in Article R. 1421-14 with the exception of f;3° Articles R. 1421-10 et R. 1421-14 à R. 1421-16 are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy;4° In Article R. 1422-4, the li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-79

…ement judge may rule without the opinion of the competent enforcement judge pursuant to article 712-10.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D782-2

…the wording resulting from the decreeD. 612-1n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013D. 612-5-1 and D. 612-6-1No. 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015D. 612-8no. 2010-218 of 3 March 2010

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