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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-149-3

…icle L. 225-149-2 may give rise to an injunction to do as defined in articles L. 238-1 et L. 238-6. Decisions taken in breach of the first paragraph of articles L. 225-129 and L. 225-129-1, the first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

…des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'application des peines de la cour d'appel de Paris to take decisions concerning persons sentenced by the tribunal correctionnel, the cour d'assises, the juge d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

…nd management operations that the undertaking has undertaken or committed to carry out prior to the decision to withdraw authorisation may be completed.By way of derogation from 4° and 5° of article 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-21

…rt of that claim, the payments relating thereto shall be made on a provisional basis as soon as the decision adopting the plan has become final, provided that the decision so provides. The sums to be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-51-1

…horisation, the Autorité shall immediately inform the chairman of the Enforcement Committee of this decision and, in accordance with the procedures provided for in I of Article R. 612-9, the responden…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-45

I. - Appeals against individual decisions taken by the Autorité des marchés financiers relating to authorisations or sanctions concerning the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-17

…im of receiving the allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6, the contract is terminated. III - The decisions referred to in I and II are taken by the legal representative of the local mission, Pôle e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-24

…undue delay and no later than fourteen days from the day on which he is informed of the consumer's decision to withdraw.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue or renew residence permits

Article L432-2

The renewal of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit may, by a reasoned decision, be refused to a foreign national who ceases to fulfil one of the conditions required for the issue of this perm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 170

Decisions relating to the execution of an investigative measure are not subject to opposition; they may only be appealed or appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the judgment on the merits…

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