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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-22

General shops are placed under the control of the administration, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-27

Any transferee of the receipt or warrant may demand the transcription in the counterfoil registers from which they are extracted of the endorsement made for his benefit, with an indication of his domi…

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Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-9

The assignment of a property or part of a property is received by notarial deed and published in the mortgage office or, in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, in the land register for…

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Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-14

The balance sheet of the individual limited liability entrepreneur or, where applicable, the document or documents resulting from the simplified accounting obligations provided for in the second parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-45

I. - The bearer may claim from the person against whom he is exercising his recourse: 1° The amount of the bill of exchange not accepted or not paid with interest, if this has been stipulated; 2° Inte…

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Section 9: Protests

Article L511-55

…ubject to the same penalties, they are also required to deliver against receipt to the clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling commercially at the debtor's domicile, or to send h…

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Section 9: Protests

Article L511-57

After the expiry of a period of one month from the date of the protest or the drawing up of the certificate of non-payment of the postal cheque and for a period of one year from the same date, any cla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Multiple copies.

Article L511-73

Payment made on one of the copies is a discharge, even though it is not stipulated that this payment cancels the effect of the other copies. However, the drawee remains liable in respect of each accep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-80

Legal public holidays are assimilated to days on which, under the laws in force, no payment may be demanded, nor any protest drawn up.

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Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-5

…either directly or indirectly, whether on their own account or on behalf of others, as commission agents or in any other capacity, in any trade or speculation involving the goods for which they are…

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