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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-44

Holding shares in a company for the liberal practice of industrial property attorneys is prohibited for any person struck off the list of industrial property attorneys or the list of patent attorneys…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-6

…ents for inter-municipal cooperation shall take place at the same time as those provided for by the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administratio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-52

The bearer may claim from the person against whom he is making the claim : 1. The amount of the unpaid cheque ; 2. Interest from the date of presentation, payable at the legal rate applicable in Franc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-47

…ts of recourse against the endorsers, the drawer and the other debtors, if the cheque, presented in due time, is not paid and if the refusal to pay is recorded in an authentic instrument called a prot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-50

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may, by means of the clause "return without charge", "without protest", or any other equivalent clause, inscribed on the document and signed, exempt the bearer,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-54

Any obligor against whom recourse is taken or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the return of the cheque with the protest and an acquitted account. Any endorser who has rei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-51

…ally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to take action against all these persons, individually or collectively, without being obliged to observe the order in which they have obliged themse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-53

The person who has repaid the cheque may claim from his guarantors : 1. The full amount paid; 2. Interest on the said sum, from the day on which he disbursed it, calculated at the legal rate applicabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-55

When the presentation of the cheque or the preparation of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as legal prescription or other case of force maj…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-49

The bearer must give notice of non-payment to his endorser and to the drawer within four working days of the day of protest and, in the case of a no-fee return clause, on the day of presentation. Wher…

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