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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R3122-9

…consultation documents are made available electronically on a buyer profile defined in article R. 3122-10, as from the date of publication of a concession notice or the date of dispatch of the invitat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

The public prosecutor, the investigating courts, the liberty and custody judge and the trial courts, which are competent under the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are compete…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article L733-9

In the absence of a challenge made by one of the parties pursuant to article L. 733-10, the measures mentioned in articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7 are binding on the parties, with the exceptio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-10

…ted in the contract concluded that the service provided is exclusively electronic, the policyholder may, at any time and by any means, request that a paper medium be used free of charge for the contin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to Martinique

Article R591-10

…particular characteristics and constraints of the collectivity, the Minister responsible for asylum may provide, by means of a reasoned order, after ensuring the availability of the human and material…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-10

No one may sit the oral admission tests unless they have been declared eligible by the jury.The oral admission tests are held in public session. They comprise:1° An oral test on a subject relating to…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Filing at the registry of the conditions of sale and the mortgage statement

Article R322-10

…1° A statement of the writ of execution by virtue of which the proceedings are being carried out; 2° A breakdown of the sums owed to the pursuing creditor in principal, costs and accrued interest, a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advertising

Article L515-10

…f the court in whose jurisdiction the company has its registered office. A receipt shall be issued; 2. Each year, in the first fortnight of February, the manager or a director of the company shall lik…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Procedures applicable to gifts (R).

Article R3213-10

…legacies in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening of the will. They…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-9

The accredited bodies carrying out the inspection operations provided for in Article L. 721-9 at the request of the defence and management organisation or an operator, are third-party bodies, independ…

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