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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article L694-3

…d on the final statement drawn up pursuant to Article 77 of that Regulation. Article L. 663-1 shall not apply. The judgment on the final declaration may be appealed by any insolvency practitioner who…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-23

…dge will determine the minimum amount of the sale price. At the request of the purchaser, the judge notes the purge of mortgages and liens taken out on the property and orders the removal of the corre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Withdrawal.

Article 1026

…ent, his delegate or the President of the Chamber to which the case has been distributed. The judge noting the withdrawal shall rule, where applicable, on applications based on Article 700. However, d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: The outcome of the procedure

Article 1555

…n agreement putting an end to the dispute or litigation in its entirety or the drawing up of a deed noting the persistence of all or part of the dispute or litigation; 4° Non-performance of the agreem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-37

The general assembly of sitting and prosecuting magistrates of the court or court of appeal, on the report of the magistrate to whom the application is made, decides on the authorisation by a majority…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-29

When it is raised for the first time in the appeal proceedings, the plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution shall be presented in a separate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-84

In the event that the obligations of the measure are suspended for more than six months due to the detention of the person concerned in accordance with Article 706-25-20, the Anti-Terrorism Public Pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: General provisions

Article R199

Judicial officers may not, for any reason or on any pretext whatsoever, demand other or higher fees than those allocated to them by this Title. By way of derogation from the rule laid down in the prec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article R483-13

To ensure that a document falls within the prohibition set out in article L. 483-5, the judge may request the opinion of the competent competition authority and send it the relevant document. This opi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-2

…he opening of the proceedings, the court clerk, at the request of the president of the court, shall notify the legal representative of the debtor legal entity or the debtor natural person that he must…

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