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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-7

…aledonia for five years in the Trade and Companies Register or, for the same period, that they have exercised one of the capacities listed in I of Article L. 723-2 applicable in New Caledonia, shall b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-1

…le body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of their activity within the framework of the single file provided for in Article L. 123-33…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-3

…f the members of the Executive Council. The individual powers of the Executive Councillors shall be exercised within the framework of the decisions taken by the Executive Council. Each Executive Counc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-11

The territorial council exercises the powers devolved by the laws and regulations in force to the departmental councils of the departments and to the regional councils, as well as those devolved to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6463-3

…f the members of the Executive Council. The individual powers of the Executive Councillors shall be exercised within the framework of the decisions taken by the Executive Council. Each Executive Counc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-55

…pénale. With regard to the persons mentioned in article R. 40-47, the aforementioned rights may be exercised without restriction directly with the head of department, director of the Agence nationale…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-52

…ofession in the field of security, education teaching, or transport; -as well as for monitoring the exercise of these activities and professions. II.-The authorities, agents or departments mentioned i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.

Article R330-2

…sign while requiring that person to give an undertaking of exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity for the exercise of the person's activity without having communicated to the person, at least twenty days be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Lawyers

Article R444-75

When, pursuant to Article R. 444-15, the lawyer exercises his right to withhold documents that he has drawn up, documents that have been given to him to support the case or securities that he has obta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.

Article R743-58

The dismissed partner is stripped of his status as a commercial court clerk and ceases to exercise his professional activity as from the date on which the decision pronouncing his dismissal becomes fi…

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