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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-7-1

…L. 184-8 of the French Construction and Housing Code, in 3° of III and the second paragraph of IV of article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-6

…where the condition of the goods is modified or altered after they have been placed on the market. III. III - Infringement of the prohibitions set out in I and II is an infringement for which the inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-43

…e arrangements for employee participation have been determined in accordance with Title VII of Book III of Part Two of the Labour Code. In particular, it checks that the merging companies have approve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-15

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs to take a formal position on compliance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-1

…nts indicated in I is missing is not valid as a bill of exchange, except in the cases determined in III to V of this article. III. - A bill of exchange whose maturity is not indicated is considered to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-11

…ipal cooperation and its member communes on the basis of the tax integration coefficient defined in III of article L. 5211-30, and then between the member communes on the basis of their population.By…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-16

…Vocational Training on the basis of one representative for each of the organisations referred to in III of article R. 2272-9. III - For each titular representative mentioned in this article, two subst…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-37-1

…e wishes expressed by the patient in advance directives, except in the cases provided for in II and III of this article. II - In the event of a life-threatening emergency, the application of advance d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The succession option.

Article 1336

The claims of the accepting heir up to the amount of the net assets against the estate are brought against the other heirs. If there are none or if the actions are brought by all the heirs, they are b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The succession option.

Article 1337

At the end of the fifteen-month period provided for in Article 792 of the Civil Code, after either the payment of all declared creditors or the exhaustion of the assets and the allocation of the corre…

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