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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-25

…e receipt. Goods receipts and warrants annexed thereto shall be extracted from a counterfoil register.

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Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-26

Receipts and warrants may be transferred by endorsement, together or separately.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-24

…een days" are understood, not of one or two weeks, but of a period of eight or fifteen effective days. The expression "half month" indicates a period of fifteen days.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-26

…ange for payment either on the day on which it is payable or on one of the two following working days. Presentation of a bill of exchange to a clearing house is equivalent to presentation for payment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article L522-22

General shops are placed under the control of the administration, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-27

Any transferee of the receipt or warrant may demand the transcription in the counterfoil registers from which they are extracted of the endorsement made for his benefit, with an indication of his domi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-23

…ay shorten this period or stipulate a longer one. These time limits may be shortened by the endorsers. The drawer may prescribe that a bill of exchange payable at sight must not be presented for payme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article L522-20

Operators of general shops may pledge goods they receive on deposit or negotiate warrants representing them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-25

…ss it results from a writ of execution, the claim declared shall be certified as true by the creditor. The official receiver may request that the statutory auditor or, failing this, the chartered acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity

Article L612-2

…o the statutory auditor, the social and economic committee and the supervisory body, where one exists.In the event of non-compliance with the provisions set out in the previous paragraphs or if the in…

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