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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-6

A legal entity may be appointed manager of a European Economic Interest Grouping. When appointed, it is required to designate a permanent representative who incurs the same civil and criminal liabilit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-6

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of the manager of the legal entity, the individual entrepreneur with limited liability or the individual entrepreneur covered by the status defined in Sec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory licences

Article R613-6

The Minister responsible for industrial property may submit to the court his observations on the licence application by memorandum addressed to the secretariat-registry. The Director General of the Na…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-6

…ighbourhood, the means of transport, the particular attractiveness or constraints that the location may present for the activity in question and the changes that these elements undergo on a permanent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R121-6

…signed between the State and the public establishment in accordance with the provisions of article 140 of law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 relating to new economic regulations. In particular, this con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-6

…ourts within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal where the sentence enforcement court sits, who may also perform their duties with the sentence enforcement judges.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-6

…mber finds that the wording of an opinion or decision is marred by a material error or omission, he may, by decision taken after receiving the assent of the public prosecutor, make the necessary recti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-6

…mber finds that the wording of an opinion or decision is marred by a material error or omission, he may, by decision taken after receiving the assent of the public prosecutor, make the necessary recti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employed persons

Article R4312-63

…ons concerning professional secrecy and the independence of their decisions. Under no circumstances may nurses accept restrictions on their professional independence from their employer. Wherever they…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article L831-6

In French Guyana, the public prosecutor may, in the course of the investigation or if no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the fate…

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