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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

…articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operating…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes

Article L145-40-1

…e takes possession of the premises in the event of the conclusion of a lease, transfer of the right to lease, transfer or gratuitous transfer of the business and when the premises are returned, an inv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46-1

When the owner of premises used for commercial or craft purposes plans to sell the premises, he must inform the tenant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by hand delivery against…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-1

…ss-border cooperation grouping known as a European district, with legal personality and financial autonomy. The purpose of the European district is to carry out tasks that are of interest to each of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-4-1

…evaluation and on the amount of compensation for transfers of powers between the State and the territorial authorities. This formation, known as the consultative commission on the evaluation of burden…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-3

As long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, the public prosecutor may propose to a legal person charged with one or more offences under the

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may decide to prohibit him/her from corresponding in writing with one or more persons that he/she designates, in view of the req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3-1

…e 495-3. The civil party is informed that it has a period of forty-five days from this notification to lodge an objection to the civil provisions of the order..

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-4

…e Tampering, an Athlete or other Person shall not: a) intimidate or threaten any person with a view to dissuading that person from communicating in good faith to the World Anti-Doping Agency, an anti-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-49-1

…ecree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions under which this sub-section shall apply to finance companies.

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