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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-41

…e third party bearer is exempt from complying with the provisions of articles L. 511-33 and L. 511-34. Failure to return a bill of exchange constitutes an offence punishable by the penalties set out i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-4

…carrying out and holding the assessments are subject to the provisions of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code with regard to the information they hold in this regard. The duration of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-44

The Conseil des maisons de vente shall give an account of its activity in an annual report, which shall include an assessment of the application of article L. 321-3 and articles R. 321-10 to R. 321-17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-4

When a financial institution has provided evidence to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution that it meets the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-28, the Autori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-42

…has not taken the oath within one month of the publication of the order provided for in Article R. 743-31 may, except in cases of force majeure, be stripped of his status as a partner by order of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-43

…orm the Committee Chairman. No later than the day before the meeting provided for in Article R. 612-46, the challenged member shall make known in writing either his agreement to the challenge or his r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752-49

…not taken the necessary measures to dismantle and restore the site as provided for in article R. 754-2, the prefect may take the following measures against the owner: 1° Require a sum corresponding t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-4

…t available management account.Shareholdings held by the region, prior to the publication of Decree no. 2016-807 relating to the conditions for the acquisition of shareholdings in the capital of comme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-48

…tary medicinal product and withdraw it from the market on the grounds mentioned in Article L. 5121-14-2. The decision must state the reasons on which it is based and, except in an emergency, may only…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-4

…sively of payment service providers belonging to a group within the meaning of h) of Article L. 133-4;c) Payment systems managed by a single payment service provider, in the form of a single entity or…

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