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Showing 26512660 of 30902 articles for Art. Loi Climat 2021-1104 du 22-8-2021

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-8

In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, eit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-88

When a member intends to withdraw from the company pursuant to article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, it shall notify the company of its decision in one of the forms provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-82

…arried out ; 2° The nature and quantity of the narcotics used; 3° The nature and quantity of the products obtained; 4° The losses resulting from these operations. The inspectors of the Agence national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-84

…e la biomédecine or his representative; 6° The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or his representative; 7° The Director General of the Union d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8

…ten request of the holder of a registered trade mark or the beneficiary of an exclusive right of exploitation, accompanied by proof of his right, detain as part of its controls the goods that he claim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-8

…n section 8 of this chapter, must, unless there are legitimate grounds, have been actually operated during the three years preceding the date of expiry of the lease or its extension as provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-8

Any sums received by the liquidator in the performance of his duties shall be immediately paid into a deposit account at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. In the event of delay, the liquidator s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting

Article D4342-8

…2° The amount of appropriations; 3° The amount of authorisations made against these appropriations during the financial year, including attachments; 4° The differences resulting from a comparison of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810-3

The sale takes place either by a judicial auctioneer, bailiff or notary in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to these professions, or by the court, or in the forms provided for by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-87

The name of each partner on the national list of court-appointed administrators or on the national list of court-appointed agents is followed by the name or business name of the company within which h…

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