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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-10

Auditors and any person participating in an audit assignment shall be appointed in such a way as to avoid any conflict of interest with the statutory auditors who are the subject of the audits.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-10

…ars actions brought against statutory auditors registered on the list mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1, third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 and persons other than statutory a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R312-10

The commission's decisions are enforceable if, within a period of one month, its chairman has not requested a second deliberation.Once enforceable, the commission's decisions are notified to the parti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-10

The regional customs director with territorial jurisdiction shall rule on the request for an extension of the ten-day detention period.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter X: Authorised bodies for the collection of private copy levies

Article R329-10

The approval is renewable under the same conditions as the initial approval.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-10

…rticipating in the preparation of the budget of the public interest group mentioned in Article L. 412-1 with regard to the tasks of the national plant variety authority. It participates in the prepara…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-10

The chairman is assisted by two assessors, whom he appoints for each case from a list of persons competent in the matters dealt with by the commission. The list is drawn up and periodically updated by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-10

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L771-10

A personal overindebtedness commission sits in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article R224-10

The procedures for applying the rules on canvassing in insurance matters are laid down by the provisions of Chapter II of Title I of Book I of the Insurance Code.

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