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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-97

The Extraordinary General Meeting may change the nationality of the company, provided that the host country has concluded a special agreement with France allowing the acquisition of its nationality an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-93

In the event of the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, pursuant to Titles III and IV of Book VI, the persons referred to in these provisions may be made liable for the comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

The limitation on the number of seats on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-99

…gher quorums.They decide under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-96.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9

Unless otherwise provided for in the articles of association or stipulated otherwise, the economic rights in software and its documentation created by one or more employees in the performance of their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-9

…ors, composers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed between 3 September 1939 and 1 January 1948, for all works published before that date and not in the public domain by 13…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-9

In the event of notorious abuse in the use or non-use of the exploitation rights on the part of the deceased author's representatives referred to in Article L. 121-2, the court may order any appropria…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-9

The contract mentions the producer's option to use the technical measures provided for in Article L. 331-5 as well as the information in electronic form provided for in article L. 331-11, specifying t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-9

The author must enable the publisher to manufacture and distribute copies of the work or to produce the work in digital form.The author must deliver to the publisher, within the period specified in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

As an exception to the provisions of the first three paragraphs of Article L. 324-17, the approved organisations mentioned in Article L. 134-3 use the sums collected for the exploitation of unavailabl…

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