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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-21

…ministrator where one has been appointed, the extension provided for in 1° of III of Article L. 641-11-1. The juge-commissaire notes, at the request of any interested party, the automatic termination…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3381-2

…f the legislative provisions of Book I in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands:1° In article L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3113-1, the words "mentioned in article L. 5213-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3351-2

…lication of the legislative provisions of Book I in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In article L. 3112-3, the word: "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3113-1, the words: "mentioned in article L. 521…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-7

…pplication form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 30 June 2022 at the latest.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Intermediary parent companies

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L442-1

…ces to the Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales in Articles L. 422-3 to L. 422-8 and L. 422-11 to L. 422-15 are replaced, where applicable, by the provisions of the Code des Communes applicabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 520-1

In the event of an appeal against an order made pursuant to article 495-11, the court shall hear the case and rule on the merits without being able to impose a more severe sentence than that approved…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

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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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L763-6

…ble articles In the wording resulting from L. 425-1 with the exception of 5° thereof Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 425-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 425-3 and L. 425-4 Order no. 2016-8…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L764-6

…s applicable In the wording resulting from L. 425-1 with the exception of 5° thereof Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 425-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 425-3 and L. 425-4 Order no. 2016-8…

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