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Article R490-6 of the French Commercial code

Where the judge intends to request the opinion of the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, he shall notify the parties. Unless they have already reached a conclusion on this point, the judge will invite…

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Article R490-7 of the French Commercial code

Where the judge intends to request information from the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, he shall notify the parties. He shall notify the European Commission’s reply to the parties, who may submit observations. .

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Article R490-8 of the French Commercial code

The administrative authority referred to in Article L. 490-5 is the head of the national investigations department of the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, the regional director of companies, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment, the director of the departmental directorate responsible for population protection or their appointed representative. For the application of this article in the overseas departments and regions, the references to the “regional director…

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Article R490-9 of the French Commercial code

The administrative authority mentioned in article R. 490-8 forwards the proposed settlement to the Public Prosecutor within three months of the closing of the official report establishing the infringement. This proposal specifies the sum that the offender will be asked to pay to the Treasury, the time limit set for payment and, where applicable, any other obligations resulting for the offender from acceptance of the settlement.

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Article R511-1 of the French Commercial code

The deed recording the deposit provided for in Article L. 511-30 contains the date of the bill of exchange, the due date and the name of the person in whose favour it was originally made. In the event of presentation of the bill subsequent to the deposit provided for in article L. 511-30, the debtor shall remit the deed of deposit in exchange for the bill of exchange. The sum…

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Article R511-2 of the French Commercial code

Notaries and bailiffs deliver, in accordance with Article L. 511-55 of the French Commercial Code and Article L. 131-64 of the Monetary and Financial Code, two copies of the protests, in the event of non-payment of accepted bills of exchange or promissory notes, and three copies of the protests, in the event of non-payment of cheques, or send by registered letter, under separate cover for each of them, a copy…

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Article R511-3 of the French Commercial code

On the copies of the protests, the surname of the acceptor of the bill of exchange, the subscriber of the promissory note or the drawer of the cheque shall be entered in capital letters. The bailiff or notary shall also enter on these copies, according to the information he has been able to obtain, if it does not already appear there, the domicile of the person mentioned in the preceding…

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Article R511-4 of the French Commercial code

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: the serial number, which is also entered by the registrar on the copies of the protest; Column 2: the date of the protest; Column 3: the surname, forenames, company name or trading name, where applicable trade…

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