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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to commercial matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 38

…f the tribunal de grande instance or before the tribunal de grande instance ruling in commercial matters is that followed before the tribunal de grande instance, without prejudice to the special rules…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the declaration of appeal.

Article ANNEXE, art. 42

…econd paragraph of Article 930-1, the appellant shall deliver to the registry or send to it by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt as many copies of the statement as there are respondent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to commercial matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 37

…commercial laws into the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle, procedure in commercial matters is governed by the Code of Civil Procedure and the following articles..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-1

…with the bodies mentioned in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP - 260. COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BODIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE L. 82…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 44

Articles 21 and 22 of this annex are applicable to Title V of the law of 1 June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, and relating to forced…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-4-1 A

The establishment may enter into an agreement with a care, prevention, readaptation and rehabilitation association for the implementation of a therapeutic approach defined by the association.In partic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

…ndard relating to the assessment of misstatements identified during the audit, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below:. NEP-450. ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALIES IDENTIFIED DURING THE AUDIT Introd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-9

…by two markers and given a mark from 0 to 20. Any mark below 5 out of 20 is eliminatory.The jury determines, while respecting the anonymity of the papers, the total number of points required to be el…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-3

Applications must be sent by teleprocedure on the Ministry of Justice website, no later than three months before the date of the first test.Application files include:1° A request from the interested p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-2

The order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, setting the number of places offered in the competition under the conditions provided for in Article R. 742-6-1 shall be published in the Off…

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