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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-6

Where no practice likely to harm competition on the market has been established, the Competition Authority may decide, after the referrer and the Government Commissioner have been given the opportunit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-10

…ht against a decision of the Autorité de la concurrence mentioned in Article L. 464-8 of the French Commercial Code.II.-Access to the settlement proposal made under the procedure provided for in III o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L470-2

I. - The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority for imposing administrative fines to punish the breaches referred to in Title IV of this B…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-15

…t, the drawee may not refuse to give his acceptance on expiry of a period in accordance with normal commercial practice in the matter of recognition of goods. Refusal of acceptance shall entail ipso j…

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TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-1

The Competition Authority may be consulted by parliamentary committees on draft legislation and on any matter concerning competition.It gives its opinion on any competition issue at the request of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-6

The Autorité de la concurrence shall examine whether the practices referred to it fall within the scope of Articles L. 420-1 à L. 420-2-2 ou L. 420-5, are contrary to measures taken pursuant to Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-3

If the measures, injunctions or commitments provided for in Articles L. 464-1 and L. 464-2 are not complied with, the Authority may impose a financial penalty within the limits set in Article L. 464-2…

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TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-8-2

Without prejudice to the exclusive jurisdiction of the enforcement judge, an appeal relating to the validity of the notification by the Competition Authority of the acts mentioned in IV of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents

Article L483-1

Applications for the disclosure or production of documents or categories of documents made with a view to or in the context of an action for damages by a claimant who plausibly alleges injury caused b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-10

Professional organisations may bring an action before the civil or commercial courts for acts that directly or indirectly harm the collective interest of the profession or sector they represent, or fa…

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