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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5

…or an additional or amending entry in the trade and companies register is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros and six months' imprisonment. The competent court may, in addition, deprive the person con…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L121-5

…ry out management and supervisory duties within their federation or an association affiliated to it may use their personal training account under the conditions set out in Chapter III of Title II of B…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 sexdecies

…nion law in the fields of transport, the environment, the economy and finance and customs officials may provide each other, either spontaneously or on request, for the purposes of their inspection dut…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Cinematographic representation in a school or university establishment

Article R211-51

The Minister responsible for culture may, after consulting the chairman of the classification committee, authorise the non-commercial public showing of a work or document whose cinematographic release…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-51

…bank guarantee or a bank cheque for one tenth of the main sale price. The declaration of higher bid may not be retracted.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article L313-58

…od of thirty days from receipt by the lessee. The offer is subject to acceptance by the lessee, who may not accept it until ten days after receiving it. Acceptance is notified by letter, as evidenced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-5

…t before the liquidation judgment, either by the administrator or by the mandataire judiciaire, and may bring actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judiciaire.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Communal sections with separate assets

Article L2544-5

…ent on the deliberations of the municipal council relating to the objects designated in article L. 2544-4, or to the alienation or pledging of real estate or securities belonging to the section, a loc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers.

Article L7233-5

…s of its management board, provided that the financial aid is paid to them for the same purpose and may benefit all the employees of the company in accordance with the same allocation rules.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-5

…r, after checking that the prior declaration complies with the obligations set out in articles R. 1254-2 and R. 1254-3, returns a stamped copy to the sender within fifteen days of receipt. The company…

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