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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1311-18

…f the administration of the properties of the authority or establishment, the operation of services and the maintenance of public order.The municipal council, the departmental council, the regional co…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-18

…R. 511-2, R. 511-3 and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-18

The human body, at the various stages of its constitution and development, as well as the simple discovery of one of its elements, including the total or partial sequence of a gene, cannot constitute…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-18

…dator is appointed : 1° In general partnerships, unanimously by the partners; 2° In sociétés en commandite simple, unanimously by the general partners and by a capital majority of the limited partners…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation.

Article R237-18

If the sums allocated to creditors or members have not been paid to them, they shall be deposited, on expiry of the one-year period from the close of the liquidation, with the Caisse des dépôts et con…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the sports agent's licence

Article R222-18

…s agent's licence issued by a delegated federation without having been exempted from the first test and who applies for the issue of a licence in another discipline is exempted from the first test. Ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-18

…ation of all or part of the decision, or of a press release informing the public of the reasons for and the terms of the decision, at the expense of the convicted contractor or client company, under t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: The orientation hearing

Article R322-18

…erral judgement shall state the amount of the debt owed to the debtor in principal, costs, interest and other incidental expenses.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-18

The dividend distributed, if any, to holders of preference shares may be paid in equity securities, in accordance with the terms set by the Extraordinary General Meeting or the Articles of Association…

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