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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-32

The expert mentioned in article L. 321-29 may not describe, present, estimate or put up for sale any property belonging to him, nor may he acquire, directly or indirectly on his own account, any prope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-32

I. - The creditor shall be paid his claim on the price, directly and without any formality of justice, by privilege and in preference to all creditors, without any other deduction than those: 1° Of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-32

In the event of the loss of an unaccepted bill of exchange, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment of it on any subsequent.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-32

No recourse for payments made shall be open to the co-obligors subject to safeguard proceedings against each other unless the aggregate of the sums paid under each procedure exceeds the total amount o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-32

I.-Where the plan is not approved in accordance with the provisions of article L. 626-30-2, it may be adopted by the court at the request of the debtor or the court-appointed administrator with the ag…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-32

The seized products, objects or appliances shall be left in the custody of their holder or, failing that, deposited in a room designated by the authorised officers.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-32

Any clause the object or effect of which is to prohibit a consumer from taking part in a group action shall be deemed unwritten.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article D421-32

In the event of the withdrawal of a residence permit issued on the basis of article L. 421-14, held by a researcher in the course of mobility in another Member State, the minister responsible for immi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-32

It is instituted a budgetary allocation, called the rural territories equipment allocation, for the benefit of public establishments of inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and municip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-32

The acts of the borough mayor acting as an authority of the State are subject to the same rules as the acts of the mayor acting in the same capacity. The acts of the borough mayor acting on behalf of…

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