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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L440-1

I.-The Commission for the Examination of Commercial Practices is made up of a Member of Parliament and a Senator appointed by the standing committees of their respective assemblies responsible for com…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-1

The commission shall inform the creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the statement of liabilities declared by the debtor. This letter reproduces the provisions of the firs…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-3

After being informed by the commission of the statement of liabilities declared by the debtor, the creditors have a period of thirty days in which to provide, in the event of disagreement with this st…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-5

In the light of all the information produced by the parties, the commission draws up the statement of liabilities and notifies it to the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-2

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 723-1, which the commission may have carried out in order to draw up the statement of liabilities, shall be published at the request of the commission…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-4

When the commission establishes that the repayment of one or more of the principal debtor's debts is guaranteed by a surety bond, it shall inform the surety of the initiation of the procedure, by regi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-11

…ir registered office in the department," as well as the words: "with the exception of syndicates of communes" are deleted;3° 3° and 4° of the said I are worded as follows:"3° 15% by representatives of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D440-7

The Trade Practices Review Commission shall draw up rules of procedure setting out its operating procedures. These rules shall be approved by the Minister responsible for the economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D440-11

The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall ensure the anonymity of all documents, investigation reports and information gathered before they are communicated to the Trade Practices Review Commission. To thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D440-5

The review boards set up within the Trade Practices Review Commission are chaired by a magistrate and include an equal number of representatives of producers and distributors.

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