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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-17 AND A. 723-23)

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater P

…are determined, on the date of the transfer, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 201 et seq and taxed in the name of the transferor in accordance with the rules set out in article 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-20

The State may, at any time, by decree, expropriate, in whole or in part, for the needs of national defence, inventions, which are the subject of patent applications or patents. Failing amicable agreem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-20

…lease from judicial supervision, house arrest under electronic surveillance or modification thereof may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions set out in Article 199,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-20

If the company is dissolved by a court decision, that decision shall appoint one or more liquidators.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses

Article L321-20

…ommissaires de justice, the Conseil supérieur du notariat and the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés of the facts committed which have been brought to its attention and which i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-20

The Public Prosecutor's Office and any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, subject to a fine, a sole trader with limited liability to include i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-20

Asset transfers carried out pursuant to Articles L. 642-18 and L. 642-19 are subject to the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 642-3. However, the juge-commissaire may, at the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-20

…deliberates on changes to the articles of association other than those referred to in articles L. 5211-17 to L. 5211-19 and other than those relating to the dissolution of the establishment. As from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-20

…smission of a biological sample between two medical biology laboratories, as defined in Article L. 6211-19, is carried out under a cooperation contract mentioned in Article L. 6212-6, retransmission o…

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