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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-4

An appeal by the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor shall be made by a statement of appeal delivered or addressed to the registry of the court of appeal. When this declaration is made by post…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-6

The Autorité des marchés financiers is responsible for applying the provisions of Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

Selling alcoholic beverages at a fuel sales outlet outside the hours specified in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3322-9 or selling refrigerated alcoholic beverages there is punishable by a fine of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 837

For the application of Article 398-1 in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The 2° is worded as follows: "2° The offences provided for by the locally applicable provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article D223-6-1

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 223-9, the amount of the value that no contribution in kind may exceed is set at 30,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-6

In the event of non-compliance by the company with either articles L. 228-29-1 or L. 228-29-2, or the conditions under which decisions must be taken at general meetings and the publication formalities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-10

When an expert opinion is requested by the president of the college of experts, the expert or experts responsible for carrying it out are chosen, on the basis of their competence in the field or field…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9-1

The judge sets the duration of this enjoyment for a maximum of six months. Where the property belongs to the parents in joint ownership, the measure may be extended, at the request of either parent, i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the registration

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-9

The cost of publishing the registration in a legal gazette is borne by the association.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-9

The AIF or its management company shall provide the AMF and the AIF's unitholders or shareholders with information relating to the financing of the acquisition of the company concerned.

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