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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-37

The decision to cover the costs of functional protection shall state the facts in respect of which protection is granted. It shall specify the arrangements for organising the protection, in particular…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-30

Judges whose election is contested may validly take the oath, be installed and sit until the appeal has been finally decided.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-3

In the year in which the membership of the Commission is renewed, the first presidents of the courts of appeal shall inform the first president of the Cour de cassation, by 15 February at the latest,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-39

Without prejudice to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may en…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-33

I. - The conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce shall communicate to the garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice, within twenty days of its request, any information in its possessio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-33

The clerk of a commercial court at least one of whose offices is abolished as a result of a new delimitation of judicial districts and who has performed his duties for at least three years may, on app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Multi-title and ancillary offices

Article R742-30

The Minister of Justice may decide, within the jurisdiction of a commercial court and with the agreement of the court clerk or at his request, to create one or more branch registries. The decision lay…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-39

The capital securities or shares of a company holding an office of clerk of the commercial court may not be pledged or sold at public auction.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-31

The appointment of a company to a commercial court clerk's office, the appointment of each of the partners who will practice within the company and the acceptance of their resignation are pronounced b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Local fire and rescue services

Article R1424-34

Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation that have a fire brigade serving a first response centre retain responsibility for the expenses relating to the volunteer firefighters…

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