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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-3

The pledge contract is evidenced by a notarial deed or by a private deed.The preferential right resulting from the pledge contract is enforceable against third parties by the mere fact of registration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-3

The fact that the legal entity responsible for the support makes available to the beneficiary the resources necessary to prepare the beneficiary for the creation or takeover and for the management of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-30

Under penalty of permanent removal from the list of the Court of Appeal, a sworn goods broker commissioned to carry out a public sale or who has been asked to estimate the value of goods deposited in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-31

Brokerage fees for public sales and the amount of fees payable to a sworn goods broker for the valuation of goods deposited in a general shop are set in accordance with the conditions laid down by ord…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-30

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When the information is made by registered letter with…

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Section 5: Subletting.

Article L145-32

The subtenant may apply to the principal tenant for renewal of its lease to the extent of the rights that the principal tenant itself has from the landlord. The lessor is called upon to assist in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

Unless there is a significant change in the items mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 145-33, the rate of change in the rent applicable when the lease to be renewed takes effect, if its term does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-3

All the partners are managers, unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, which may appoint one or more managers, whether partners or not, or provide for their appointment by a subseq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret

Article L151-3

The following are methods of lawfully obtaining a trade secret: 1° An independent discovery or creation; 2° The observation, study, dismantling or testing of a product or object that has been made ava…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-3

The number of members of a société à responsabilité limitée may not exceed one hundred. If the company comes to include more than one hundred members, it is dissolved after a period of one year unless…

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