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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-4

The judge may not order the Autorité de la concurrence, the minister responsible for the economy, any competition authority of another Member State or the European Commission to produce a document in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-4

Financial penalties and periodic penalty payments are recovered in the same way as State debts other than taxes and property.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article L461-4

The Autorité de la concurrence shall have investigation departments headed by a rapporteur general appointed by order of the minister responsible for the economy after consulting the college. These de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-4

Except in cases where the communication or consultation of these documents is necessary for the exercise of the rights of defence of a defendant, the General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-42

…bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause. No…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-44

All those who have drawn, accepted, endorsed or guaranteed a bill of exchange are jointly and severally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to act against all these persons, individually or…

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Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-47

Any obligor against whom recourse is exercised or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the surrender of the bill of exchange with the protest and an acquitted account. Any end…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-40

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of the provisions of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-48

If recourse is exercised after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-43

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may, by the clause "return without charge", "without protest" or any other equivalent clause inscribed on the bill of exchange and signed, exempt the bearer from…

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