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Article L322-14 of the French Commercial code

Commercial courts may, after death or cessation of business, and in all other cases of necessity the assessment of which is submitted to them, authorise the sale by wholesale auction of goods of any kind and from any source. Authorisation is given on application. A detailed statement of the goods to be sold shall be attached to the application. The court shall record in its judgment the fact giving rise…

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Article L322-15 of the French Commercial code

Judicial sales of wholesale goods authorised under Article L. 322-14 as well as all those authorised or ordered by consular justice in the various cases provided for by this code are carried out by sworn goods brokers. However, it is always up to the court or judge authorising or ordering the sale to appoint a judicial auctioneer, bailiff or notary to carry it out. In this case, the public officer,…

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Article L330-1 of the French Commercial code

The period of validity of any exclusivity clause by which the purchaser, transferee or lessee of movable property undertakes vis-à-vis its seller, transferor or lessor not to use similar or complementary items from another supplier is limited to a maximum of ten years.

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Article L330-2 of the French Commercial code

Where the contract containing the exclusivity clause referred to in Article L. 330-1 is subsequently followed, between the same parties, by other similar agreements relating to the same type of goods, the exclusivity clauses contained in these new agreements terminate on the same date as the first contract.

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Article L330-3 of the French Commercial code

Any person who makes a trade name, brand or trade name available to another person, requiring that person to give an undertaking of exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity for the exercise of his activity, is required, prior to the signing of any contract concluded in the common interest of both parties, to provide the other party with a document giving sincere information, enabling him to make a commitment with full knowledge of…

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Article L341-1 of the French Commercial code

All contracts concluded between, on the one hand, a natural person or a legal entity governed by private law that groups together traders, other than those mentioned in Chapters V and VI of Title II of Book I of this Code, or providing the services mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 330-3 and, on the other hand, any person operating a retail shop on his own behalf or…

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Article L341-2 of the French Commercial code

I.-Any clause having the effect, after the expiry or termination of one of the contracts mentioned in Article L. 341-1, to restrict the freedom to carry on the commercial activity of the operator who has previously entered into this contract is deemed to be unwritten. II.-Clauses shall not be subject to I of this article if the person relying on them demonstrates that they meet the following cumulative conditions: 1°…

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