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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-14

Without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter III of Title VIII, as long as a competition enforcement procedure has not been closed by a decision adopted by the Autorité de la concurrence on the basi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-22

At the request of the administrator, the court may order the total or partial sale of the business if the proposed plan or plans appear manifestly unsuitable for the recovery of the business or in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-15

I.-At the latest at the end of a period of two months from the opening judgment, the court shall order the observation period to continue if it appears to it that the debtor has sufficient financing c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-9

This sheet referred to in article L. 313-10 in particular specifies: 1° The definition and description of the types of cover offered under the insurance to the borrower; 2° Where applicable, the chara…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation.

Article L3332-6-1

Any company may apply a company savings scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Companies wishing to apply the approved br…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control by the administrative authority.

Article L3345-4

A branch agreement on profit-sharing, incentive schemes or setting up an employee savings plan is subject to an approval procedure conducted by the competent administrative authority as from its submi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-13

Homeopathic medicinal products which satisfy all the conditions listed below are not subject to the marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8: 1° Oral or external administration ; 2° N…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.

Article R143-1

Where the sale of the business has not taken place at public auction in accordance with articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-12

The information recorded in the processing is kept in the active database until the prosecution is terminated or, where a case has been referred to a court, until the last court to which the case was…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-19

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going t…

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