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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-22

…of the business or in the absence of such plans. The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter II of Title IV, with the exception of I of Article L. 642-2, and

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-7-1

…dditional penalties provided for in 2° of I of article 225-26 of the French Criminal Code, in 3° of IV and in the second paragraph of V of article L. 1337-4 of the Public Health Code, 3° of article &l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-31

I.-The following offences must be reported if they affect revenue received, expenditure incurred or assets which come under the budget of the European Union, the budgets of the institutions, bodies, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-6

…ble to legal entities that admit having committed one or more of the offences provided for in title IV of this book for which a prison sentence is not incurred, as well as, where applicable, one or mo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-3

The provisions of articles L. 212-1 and L. 212-2 do not apply to military personnel, to civil servants covered by titles II, III and IV of the general status of civil servants in the performance of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-1

…ills assessments ; 3° Actions to validate acquired experience, under the conditions set out in Book IV of this Part; 4° Apprenticeships, as defined in article L. 6211-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-5

For the offences provided for in Title IV of the present book for which a prison sentence is not incurred and for the contraventions provided for in the present book, the administrative authority resp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

I.-The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2172-3

…or a formalised procedure are awarded in accordance with one of the procedures mentioned in Chapter IV of Title II or, if the conditions mentioned in Chapter II of Title II are met, without prior adve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article D40-1

…t in the penultimate paragraph of Article 81, to exercise one or more of the rights provided for in IV and VI of Article 175.

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