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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-5

…undertakings of finance companies are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13, Article L. 511-21 and Articles L. 511-33 to L. 511-38. Financial holding companies and pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-4

A register shall be opened by each registrar in which protests received are entered, in date order and under an order number. This register is divided into nine columns intended to receive: Column 1:…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-2

The court with jurisdiction to authorise a protective measure is that of the place where the debtor lives.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-4

On pain of invalidity of the order, the judge shall determine the amount of the sums for which the protective measure is authorised and shall specify the assets to which it relates.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-6

The judge's authorisation lapses if the protective measure has not been implemented within three months of the order.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-7

Except in the case where the precautionary measure has been implemented with an enforceable title, the creditor shall, within one month of the implementation of the measure, on pain of lapsing, instit…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-5

When authorising the protective measure, the court may decide to re-examine its decision or the terms and conditions of its enforcement in the light of an adversarial debate. In this case, he sets the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Special regulatory measures for certain industries

Article R511-3

Drawings or graphic reproductions of designs must be drawn up on a sheet of paper of which only one side is used; the parts left free must be filled in by hatching stopping at the very limit of the dr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Special regulatory measures for certain industries

Article R511-5

Either of these registers, regularly kept in date order, without blanks or gaps, may, in the event of disputes, be produced with a view to establishing the date of the creation whose priority is dispu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Special regulatory measures for certain industries

Article R511-4

These drawings are copied at the press on their date into a copy book or reproduced by transfer onto a special register formed from sheets of bubble paper to be stitched thin enough so that they canno…

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