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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-21

…articles L. 115-19 and L. 115-20 may not be pronounced before the expiry of a period of thirty days…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-2

…L. 422-1 : 1° Natural persons subject to the obligations of this code;…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: The direct payment procedure for maintenance payments

Article L213-5

…Articles L. 152-1 and L. 152-2. When an organisation that owes family benefits acts on b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-245

…ership requires the agreement of all the partners. In this case, the conditions set out in articles L. 225-243 and the first paragraph of article L. 225-244 are not required. The conversion into a lim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-73

…has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board of directors, the management board or the managers of the debtor company may ov…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-3

…d Futuna Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, New Caledonia and Mayotte, Article L. 621-1 of this Code reads as follows:"Art. L. 621-1:"The fact, by any director or employee of a co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article L532-8

…e cases whose nature does not justify the involvement of one of the panels provided for in Articles L. 532-6 and L. 532-7.The procedures for applying this article, in particular the conditions under w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L542-1

…ice for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons within the time limit laid down in Article L. 532-1, the right to remain on French territory ends on notification of this decision.Where an app…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONTENTIOUS PROCEEDINGS

Article L614-1

…licable to the judgment of the decision fixing the country of return challenged pursuant to article L. 721-5 and the decision on house arrest challenged pursuant to article L. 732-8.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CONTROL OF DETENTION BY THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Article L743-23

…ed against a decision made by the liberty and detention judge in the cases provided for in articles L. 741-10 and L. 742-8, it may also reject the statement of appeal without having first summoned the…

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