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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Participation conditions

Article L3123-21

For the award of a defence or security concession contract, the awarding authority may exclude an economic operator that does not have the technical capability. This capacity is assessed, in particula…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-215

A pledge by the company of its own shares, directly or through a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited.Shares pledged by the company must be returned to their owner…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-21

The shares remain negotiable after the dissolution of the company and until the close of liquidation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-21

The seizure of a patent shall be effected by an extrajudicial document served on the owner of the patent, on the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and on persons having rights in the pate…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-21

The rights attached to an ex-officio licence may not be assigned or transferred.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-21

In the event that the borrower or his heirs dispose of the property, the mortgagee is notified of the proposed assignment.In the event that the mortgagee disputes the value of the property set out in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-21

Officials responsible for economic protection of consumers are empowered by order of the Minister for the Economy to investigate and record infringements and breaches of the provisions mentioned in su…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-21

The procedures for organising the interview are defined by the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.The procedures for transcribing the personal i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L743-21

…delegate is seised without formality and must give a ruling within forty-eight hours of its referral.Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph, the provisions of this chapter relating to the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-21

Voting shall take place by public ballot at the request of one quarter of the members present.Voting shall take place by secret ballot:1° Either when one third of the members present so request;2° Or…

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