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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Invitation to selected candidates

Article R2144-9

In the case of a restricted invitation to tender, a procedure with negotiation or a competitive dialogue, the invitation shall include at least the following information: 1° The reference of the publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-124

…share or transferred in ownership loses the double voting right allocated pursuant to articles L. 225-123 and L. 22-10-46. However, a transfer as a result of inheritance, the liquidation of community…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 795

…the ninth paragraph of Article 789 are not subject to opposition. An appeal or appeal in cassation may only be lodged with the judgment ruling on the merits. However, they may be appealed in the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-5-1

…t in a state to be liquidated and the guarantee fund does not contest the right to compensation, it may, at any stage of the procedure, pay an advance to the victim. The guarantee fund shall keep the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-6

…pacity of a member, and where regularisation can be effected, any person having an interest therein may give formal notice to the person likely to effect the nullity, either to regularise the situatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

I. - The bearer may exercise his remedies against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees:1° On maturity, if payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-1

In order to finance the increase in the flat-rate allocation mentioned in the first paragraph of III of article L. 2334-7, the inter-municipality allocation mentioned in the first paragraph of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-5

The contracts mentioned in article R. 1121-4 may only include clauses excluding cover for damage suffered by victims or their dependants in the following cases: 1° The research does not take place und…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-105

…n to carry out this certification is attached. The report of the conversion auditor, or as the case may be the statutory auditor, relating to the conversion of a company into a joint-stock company sha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-17

In the event of the termination of the local mandate of an elected member of the national council in respect of which he/she sits on that council, the national association of local elected representat…

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