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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3411-7

When the concessionaire is unable to meet the deadline for the performance of one or more obligations under the contract, or when such timely performance would require resources whose mobilisation wou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-73

…egistration or the conversion provided for in article R. 123-72, within fifteen days of the latter, to the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 and to the registrar of the former registered offic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-71

The provisions of article R. 123-66 do not apply:1° To the updating of references made, in the main registration, to secondary registrations: in this case, the corrective entry is made automatically b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-74

In the event of the transfer to France of the registered office of a European Company registered in another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-70

…laring the legal entity null and void for any reason whatsoever, with an indication of the name, customary name, pseudonym, forenames and domicile of the liquidators, the extent of their powers in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-72

In the event of the transfer of their registered office, their principal place of business or a secondary place of business within the jurisdiction of another court, registered legal entities shall ap…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2711-7

If the contractor is unable to meet the deadline for the performance of one or more obligations under the contract, or if such performance on time would require resources the mobilisation of which wou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

If the requirements of the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R754-7

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording ind…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article R763-7

Article R. 424-3 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-733 of 4 May 2017.

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