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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Acceptance by intervention.

Article L511-66

…on the bill of exchange to accept it or pay it if necessary in lieu of payment, the bearer may not exercise his rights of recourse before maturity against the person who affixed the indication and ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-2

…equests. Where the debtor subject to the initial proceedings or the debtor covered by the extension exercises a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory statute or whose title is prot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-1

…and Maritime Fishing Code. Where the debtor is a public or ministerial officer, the liquidator may exercise the debtor's right to present his successor to the garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Maintaining the right to residence

Article R233-9

…pouses or by court decision, from a right of access to the minor child, provided that this right is exercised in France and for the duration necessary for it to be exercised.Prior to acquiring the per…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article R591-6

…examine asylum applications and the effects of the adaptations mentioned in article R.581-1 on the exercise by asylum seekers of all the rights provided for by this decree. When the reasons for the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776-1

…ty to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for applying measures restricting the exercise of an activity, based, in that State, on the existence of criminal or disciplinary sanction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-3

…iour, residence, training or leisure activities, or involving restrictions or terms relating to the exercise of a professional activity; 5° The obligation to report at specified times to a specific au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Provisions relating to relations with the authorities of non-EU Member States in the context of a resolution procedure

Article L613-62-2

…n preventive recovery plans, with the authorities of a non-member state of the European Union which exercise powers equivalent to those provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 612-1. Prior to being com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-5-1

A regional commission on private practice is placed under the authority of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.The commission periodically draws up a regional report on the self-employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Creation of the digital health space

Article R1111-28

Before a digital health space is opened, the person concerned or his/her legal representative is informed by the health insurance organisation to which he/she is affiliated, by means of an e-mail sent…

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