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Showing 491500 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Amicable sale

Article R221-30

The debtor has one month from notification of the seizure to sell the seized assets himself. The seized assets remain unavailable under the responsibility of the custodian. Under no circumstances may…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article R322-30

The forced sale shall be conducted after advertising to ensure that as many bidders as possible are informed in accordance with the conditions set out in this section.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-30

At the request of the purchaser, the successful tenderer may be asked to clarify aspects of its tender or to confirm the commitments contained therein. However, such requests may not have the effect o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Qualification of economic operators

Article R2162-30

…m, covering aspects such as registration in the system, periodic updating of qualifications and the duration of the system. These criteria may include the ability of applicants to comply with the tech…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-30

…ificates, have a preferential subscription right to the investment certificates issued and the procedure followed is that for capital increases. Holders of investment certificates waive their preferen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-30

The articles 815 and following, articles 1873-1 and following, as well as articles 883 et seq. of the Civil Code do not apply to co-ownership of a patent application or patent.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-30

…pointed must postpone the seizure, description and any search of the business if the design or reproduction or multiplication contract includes a defence security classification. The same applies if t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Exception for illustrative purposes in education and vocational training

Article R122-30

The list of establishments for which the appropriate licence proposal is addressed to a minister is given in the annex to this article.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-30

…in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 313-14 is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L314-30

The lender guarantees that the information and documents will be accessible for a period appropriate to their purpose. For pre-contractual and contractual documents this period may not be less than fi…

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