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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Acceptance.

Article L511-18

Where the drawer has indicated in the bill of exchange a place of payment other than that of the drawee's domicile, without designating a third party with whom payment is to be made, the drawee may in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-18

The individual entrepreneur with limited liability determines the income he pays into his unaffected assets.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-18

Any sums collected by the administrator or the mandataire judiciaire that are not transferred to the debtor's bank or postal accounts, for the purposes of continuing the business, must be paid immedia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rules of procedure.

Article L654-18

The public prosecutor may require the administrator or liquidator to hand over all deeds and documents held by them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional ethics

Article L722-18

Commercial court judges shall perform their duties with complete independence, dignity, impartiality, integrity and probity and shall behave in such a way as to prevent any legitimate doubt in this re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article L742-18

The liquidator shall distribute the proceeds of the assets and pay the creditors according to the ranking of the security interests attaching to their claims.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure for deliberations.

Article L2541-18

An objection against a decision of the municipal council due to the participation of the mayor, a deputy mayor or members of the municipal council in a deliberation on matters in which they are person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-18

The revenue and expenditure of the Paris fire brigade are entered in the special budget of the police prefecture.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Public auctions of municipal property

Article L2544-18

Complaints relating to the operations preceding the auction or to the auction itself shall, no later than the day of the auction, be addressed to the mayor either in writing or by oral statement taken…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

A departmental councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, the national centre for the territorial civil servi…

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