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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-14

A purchaser may reserve the same contract or the same lot of a contract both for economic operators who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-12 and for those who meet the conditions of article L. 21…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-2

A freezing order may be issued in respect of any movable or immovable property, whether tangible or intangible, and any legal instrument or document evidencing title to or interest in such property, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…cial authority that ordered the measure and containing the following information: 1° Identification of the judicial authority that issued, validated or confirmed the freezing order and of the authorit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-5

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-4

The property freezing order shall be accompanied by a request for enforcement of an order for confiscation of the property. Failing this, the certificate shall contain an instruction to retain the pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-1

An order freezing property is an order issued by a judicial authority of a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing State, in order to prevent the destruction, transformation, movement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-6

The freezing order and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, be transmitted directly by the judicial authority of the issuing State to the judicial authority of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-67

Subject to the provisions of article R. 123-154, registrars and the Institut national de la propriété industrielle are entitled to respond to requests relating to cancelled registrations. However, aft…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-65

…de and companies register are issued by the registrars in accordance with a model approved by order of the Minister of Justice.They may either be printed, or automatically edited with the same heading…

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