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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation.

Article L722-4

…recovery and judicial liquidation cases. The clerk of the commercial court is not relieved of his duties and continues to exercise his functions with the referring court.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R311-4

The committee and its specialist bodies meet when convened by the chairman and on the agenda he has set. Meetings are convened as of right when requested, on a specific agenda, either by the minister…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-4

…ith registration after obtaining the opinion of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle. The opinion is deemed to have been given if the company has not formulated it within a p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-4

…nion, enable it to be distinguished from varieties already known. For varieties whose commercial production requires the repeated use of another variety, the characteristics of that other variety must…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article L733-4

…a credit institution or finance company that provided the sums necessary for its acquisition, the reduction of the amount of the fraction of the property loans remaining due to the credit institutions…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admissibility of applications

Article R722-4

When the commission receives an appeal, its secretariat forwards it, along with the file, to the registry of the judicial court.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-4

…nary written proceedings before the judicial court. The appeal is heard in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 905 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-4

When, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 732-4, the commission finds that the debtor's situation, without being irretrievably compromised, does not allow for the repayment of all debts and that,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-4

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall, where necessary, lay down the detailed rules for the application of this sub-section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R151-4

When an entity governed by French law submits a request to the Minister for an opinion as to whether all or part of the activity of this entity falls within the scope of I of Article L. 151-3, the Min…

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