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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-4

The court appoints, if necessary, a provisional administrator of the business, sets the upset prices, determines the main conditions of the sale, and appoints the public officer who draws up the speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-96

…isions of the Articles of Association. Any clause to the contrary shall be deemed unwritten. It may not, however, increase shareholders' commitments, subject to transactions resulting from a regularly…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 442

…alteration in the personal faculties of the person concerned described in article 425 clearly does not appear likely to improve according to current scientific knowledge, the judge may, by specially…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 84

…ct to the application of articles 657 and 663, the removal of the investigating judge in favour of another investigating judge may be requested from the president of the court, in the interests of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

Decisions taken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is atta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289-1

If, because of absences or following striking off by the court, there remain, on the session list, fewer than twenty jurors or, when during the session the assize court must rule on an appeal, fewer t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 326

…f any journalist who is heard as a witness on information gathered in the course of his or her work not to reveal its origin.The right of opposition is available to the convicted person who has not ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-8

…ement has been refused by the court ruling on the civil action or where provisional enforcement has not been requested, or if, having been requested, the court has failed to rule, it may be granted, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

…cipal penalty. The maximum fine that may be imposed is half the amount of the fine incurred but may not exceed €5,000. The penalties provided for in Articles 131-5 to 131-8-1 of the Penal Code may be…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 quater

The competent administration shall not be obliged to grant assistance to recover or take precautionary measures, to serve documents or judgments, including judicial documents or judgments, or to provi…

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