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Showing 931940 of 50464 articles for Art. L 411-58 to L 411-62

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-106

…safeguard or receivership proceedings are opened against a company issuing securities giving access to the capital under the conditions of article L. 228-91, the period provided for exercising the rig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-100

The provisions of articles L. 228-98 and L. 228-99 are applicable for as long as there are rights attached to each of the components of the securities mentioned in these articles.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Failure to comply with a decision to refuse entry

Article L821-3

A foreigner who fails to present the competent administrative authority with the travel documents required to enforce a decision refusing entry into France or, in the absence of such documents, fails…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Failure to comply with a decision to refuse entry

Article L821-4

This prison sentence is increased to five years when the acts are committed by violence, breaking and entering or bribery, and to seven years when the acts are committed as part of a group or under th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Failure to comply with a decision to refuse entry

Article L821-5

A foreigner who evades or attempts to evade the enforcement of a decision refusing entry into France is liable to three years' imprisonment.These penalties also apply in the event of a foreigner refus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-1

Where there is a serious possibility that the company can be safeguarded, the court will draw up a plan to this end, which will put an end to the observation period. The safeguard plan includes, where…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40 are excluded from the procedure for awarding concession contracts,313-1,313-3,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-4

The liquidator shall proceed with the liquidation operations at the same time as the verification of claims. He may initiate or pursue actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Marine, river and lake liability insurance

Article L173-24

Where a limitation fund has been set up, creditors whose rights are subject to limitation under the terms of articles 58 to 60 of law no. 67-5 of 3 January 1967 on the status of ships and other sea-go…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals subject to an obligation to leave French territory or a prohibition on returning to French territory

Article L722-7

The effective removal of a foreign national who is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may not take place before the expiry of the time limit for challenging thi…

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