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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-12

…3, that the case will be examined by the Competition Authority without a prior report, the parties and the Government Commissioner have a period of two months from the notification of this decision t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-11

…or the application of Article L. 463-2, the notification of the grievances upheld by the rapporteur and the notification of the report are made by the general rapporteur to the referrer, to the minist…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L462-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L462-2

For the application of article L. 462-1 : 1° In article L. 431-2, references to articles L. 641-7 and L. 642-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are replaced by references to locally applicable p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution carries out its mission under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title I of Book VI of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The conciliation procedure

Article 130

The content of the agreement, even if partial, is recorded in minutes signed by the parties and the judge or in a report signed by the parties and the mediator, as appropriate.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The conciliation procedure

Article 131

…m without debate, unless he deems it necessary to hear the parties at the hearing. Approval is a matter of non-contentious proceedings.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L651-1

This Code is not applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R651-1

This Code is not applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-22-1

Any sale of a business and any realisation of assets must be preceded by publicity, the terms of which are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat according to the size of the business and the natu…

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