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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-4

In communities covered by article 73 of the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna, and in accordance with Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-5

I. - The Autorité de la concurrence shall decide on the merger within twenty-five working days from the date of receipt of the complete notification. II. - The parties to the transaction may undertake…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-3

In communities covered by article 73 of the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna, and in sectors where suppl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-3

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TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-4

…bstantiated special need, the notifying parties may apply to the Autorité de la concurrence for a waiver allowing them to proceed with the actual implementation of all or part of the concentration wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-1

The court may order legal persons jointly and severally to pay fines imposed on their directors under the provisions of this book and the texts adopted for its application.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…visions of this Book, on the one hand, and the Competition Authority, on the other, have the respective powers granted to them by the articles of this Book and by Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004…

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TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-4

When a legal entity that has, for less than two years, been convicted of the offence defined by article L. 442-5 commits the same offence, the maximum rate of the fine incurred is equal to ten times t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-5

For the offences provided for in Title IV of the present book for which a prison sentence is not incurred and for the contraventions provided for in the present book, the administrative authority resp…

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