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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-9-1

I.-For proceedings which have been the subject of information by the Competition Authority pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the Competition Authority shall inform the European C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L463-5

Investigating and trial courts may provide the Competition Authority, at its request, with investigation reports or other criminal investigation documents that are directly related to the facts before…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents

Article L483-4

The judge may not order the Autorité de la concurrence, the minister responsible for the economy, any competition authority of another Member State or the European Commission to produce a document in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-8

Any bill of exchange, even if not expressly drawn to order, is transferable by way of endorsement. Where the drawer has inserted in the bill of exchange the words "not to order" or an equivalent expre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-20

If the drawee, who has endorsed the bill of exchange with his acceptance, has crossed it out before the bill is returned, the acceptance is deemed to have been refused. In the absence of proof to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-4-2

The Competition Authority issues an opinion to the Minister of Justice, who is its guarantor, on the freedom of establishment of lawyers at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation. It makes re…

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TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-7

An appeal for annulment or reversal of the Authority's decision taken under Article L. 464-1 may be lodged by the parties involved and the Government Commissioner with the Paris Court of Appeal no mor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-8-1

Decisions taken by the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority pursuant to Article L. 463-4 to refuse protection of business secrecy or to lift the protection granted may be the subject of an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-11

The person mentioned in article L. 481-1 that has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty under a leniency procedure is only jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents

Article L483-8

As long as the proceedings concerned have not been closed by a decision adopted by the Autorité de la concurrence on the basis of I of article L. 464-2 and articles L. 462-8, L. 464-3, L. 464-6 or L.…

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