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Showing 691700 of 30902 articles for Art. Loi Climat 2021-1104 du 22-8-2021

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-22

…reditor's general lien. Without prejudice to article L. 121-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, the seizing creditor may be held liable for misuse of the seizure where he has carried out a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-22

General shops are placed under the control of the administration, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-22

I. - A bill of exchange may be drawn: 1° At sight; 2° At a certain sight period; 3° At a certain date period; 4° On a fixed day. II. - Bills of exchange, either at other maturities or at successive ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-22

…ator or the commissioner for the implementation of the plan appointed pursuant to article L. 626-25 duly called, but tend only to the establishment of claims and the fixing of their amount. The debtor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-22

I. - The liquidator may not, without the agreement of the debtor, realise assets or rights acquired under a succession opened after the opening or pronouncement of the judicial liquidation, or bring a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-22

Committees authorise or refuse projects in their entirety.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-22

…f the human, material or financial resources enabling the organisation to effectively ensure the exploitation of its repertoire and the collection of income from this exploitation. The application mus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-22

Recommendations adopted by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique pursuant to I of Article L. 331-18 may be published on the authority's website.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-22

The parties are required to constitute a lawyer.The constitution of the lawyer entails election of domicile.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-22

The Articles of Association may allocate a reduced number of votes to partners who only exercise their profession on a part-time basis. They may also allocate partners a reduced number of votes for as…

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