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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15-1

…he order of preference between creditors registered on the business and creditors registered on an element of the business is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published. Cre…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-4

For the application of 3° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-45

The request made by the debtor pursuant to article L. 626-26 or by the plan execution commissioner shall be made by petition.The court clerk convenes, by registered letter with acknowledgement of rece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-11

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly authorise the release and making available of part of the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order pursuant to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-6

The Directorate General for Labour informs the National Committee for Prevention and Health at Work of work relating to the development and implementation of certification, which may, where appropriat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-16

Any clause or agreement contrary to the provisions of articles L. 134-2 and L. 134-4, the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 134-11, and of article L. 134-15 or derogating, to the detriment of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

I. - The Director in charge of the departments mentioned in Article L. 612-8-1 is appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy, on the recommendation of the Chairman of the College of Resolution…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-40

If the imprisoned person is both remanded in custody and serving a sentence, only the liberty and custody judge has jurisdiction to hear applications made under article 803-8. However, if the liberty…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4321-48

In addition to its Chairman, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance comprises eight full members and eight alternate members, distributed as follows:1° Three full members and three alternate membe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5211-44

For Class IIa medical devices or Class I medical devices, the provisions of Article R. 5211-43 apply subject to the following modifications: 1° For class II a medical devices, the authorised body veri…

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