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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-6-1

…s L. 450-1, L. 450-2, L. 450-3, L. 450-7 and L. 450-8. The articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 524-1 to L. 524-3 of the Consumer Code may be implemented on the basis of the findings made. For these off…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6-1

…with Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission will take into account the economic power already held in the area by the company applying for a business licenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6-2

…l councillor, arrondissement councillor, Paris councillor, Lyon metropolitan councillor, councillor to the Corsican Assembly, councillor to the Guiana Assembly or councillor to the Martinique Assembly…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6-1

…ise the professions of lawyer, notary, bailiff, auctioneer, commercial court clerk, court administrator and judicial representative, nor work in the service of a member of one of these professions dur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6-1

I.- Statutory auditors registered on the list referred to in I of Article L. 822-1 are subject to a contribution based on the total amount of fees they invoiced during the previous calendar year to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

Subject to reciprocity, the third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 may be exempted from the requirement to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decisio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-6

Subject to the inadmissibility raised ex officio by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and to the cases of suspension or closure of the procedure referred to in Articles R. 613-44-10 a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R*656-1

Article R.* 632-2 is applicable in New Caledonia.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R*655-1

Article R.* 632-2 is applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R*654-1

Article R.* 632-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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