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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-2

…n procedure is applicable to any person carrying on a commercial, craft or agricultural activity as defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and to any other natural person ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-286

The caisse départementale ou pluridépartementale de mutualité sociale agricole validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in article R. 123-243, in 1° t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Informing the authorities about risk prevention

Article R4411-45

The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is authorised to provide the labour inspection officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1, the labour inspection doctors referred to in Article L. 8112-1, to a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D119

In the cases provided for by articles 723-1 and 723-7, measures to arrange the sentence under the regime of semi-liberty, external placement or home detention under electronic surveillance may be orde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-37

…n accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 723-30, judicial supervision includes the obligation to comply with the treatment order provided for by Article 131-36-4 of the Crimin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-7

An appeal for annulment or reversal of the Authority's decision taken under Article L. 464-1 may be lodged by the parties involved and the Government Commissioner with the Paris Court of Appeal no mor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-32

…private law are recruited by the regional chamber of commerce and industry in accordance with the code du travail, the extended inter-professional collective agreements, the collective agreement, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Postponement of transfer

Article R751-5

The administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence pursuant to article L. 751-6 is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for access by legal entities

Article R744-45

…provals mentioned in 1° of article R. 744-43 and article R. 744-44 are issued by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Prefect of Police.

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

Article R751-7

The authority competent to order the administrative detention of a foreign national pursuant to article L. 751-9 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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