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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-24

When the official receiver, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 642-18, authorises the liquidator to resume the property seizure procedure suspended by the judgment opening the judicial liq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-24

…jurisdiction of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the seat of the commercial court is located. The judicial court shall have final jurisdiction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Checking gases and regulators

Article R4461-24

The employer shall record the results of the analyses referred to in Article R. 4461-23 and make them available to the persons referred to in Article R. 4121-4. When the gases are intended to be used…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-24

…e committee is renewable. The presidents of the regional and departmental councils and the mayor of Paris serve for the duration of their term of office. The term of office of the elected representati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-5

…c prosecutor either at the end of the hearing or under the conditions provided for in article D. 48-2-4 refers to the conviction and the warrant issued by the criminal court or the assize court, and i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-1

I. - The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may also communicate as soon as possible, at their request or on its own initiative, to counterpart foreign financial intelligence units informatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special arrangements applicable to intra-Community distance sales of goods, to supplies of goods made in a Member State via electronic interfaces facilitating such supplies, and to services supplied by taxable persons established within the territory of the European Union but not in the Member State of consumption

Article 298 sexdecies G

…whose place of taxation is in a Member State other than France and in which he is not established; 2° who carries out intra-Community distance selling of goods; > or 3° which facilitates the supply o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Acceptance procedures

Article R2393-24

The holder of the contract may subcontract when the contract is awarded and throughout its performance, provided that he has declared this to the purchaser and has obtained the subcontractor's accepta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to interconsular groups.

Article R712-24

…nd regional chambers of commerce and industry, subsidies and miscellaneous revenue. The methods for calculating and distributing the contributions of the territorial and regional chambers of commerce…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article D211-53-2

…ki and Mountaineering School's areas of activity include : 1° Alpine skiing and related activities; 2° Mountaineering and related activities; 3° hang-gliding. II - The areas of activity of the Nationa…

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