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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Organisation of public combat sports events

Article R331-48

…isers and, in general, any person involved in the organisation of these events must comply with the rules laid down by the federations in application of article R. 131-32 and, where they exist, with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-3-1

Any interested party may apply to the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings for an order, subject to a fine, requiring companies using the acronym "SE" in their company name in breach o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-3

Decisions adopting or amending the safeguard or recovery plan or rejecting the resolution of this plan are subject to third-party opposition. The judgment ruling on the third-party objection is subjec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 873-1

At the request of one of the parties, and if justified by the urgency of the matter, the president of the court hearing an application for interim relief may refer the case to a hearing, the date of w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Summary orders.

Article 896

At the request of one of the parties, and if justified by the urgency of the matter, the president of the court hearing an application for interim relief may refer the case to a hearing, the date of w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1220

…l as in the départements bordering the one where he or she exercises his or her functions. The same rules apply to magistrates of the court of appeal in the event of an appeal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-7

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify, where necessary:1° The rules of procedure applicable in the event of the penalty provided for in articles L. 5145-3 to L. 5145-5, as well as the methods fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-53

…86 are applicable in the event of the issue of profit participation certificates. To this end, the rules provided for by these articles and concerning the company owing the bond, the issue of the bon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-60

In the cases provided for by Article L. 228-50 and by Article L. 228-51, the representatives of the estate are appointed by the president of the judicial court ruling in summary proceedings. The dutie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-5

…ers that fall to the State in matters of criminal law with a view to punishing infringements of the rules that it lays down in the matters referred to in I of Article LO 6314-3 and in matters of marit…

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