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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-10

…tiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increase. Trading in share…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-102

Unless specifically stipulated in the issue contract and excluding the case of early dissolution not resulting from a merger or demerger, the company may not require holders of securities giving acces…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-104

Deliberations or stipulations made in violation of articles L. 228-98 to L. 228-101 and L. 228-103 are null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-105

Holders of securities giving access to the capital have, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a right of disclosure to the company issuing the securities they are entitled t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-101

If the company called upon to issue the equity securities is absorbed by another company or merges with one or more other companies to form a new company, or carries out a demerger, the holders of sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-10

…the converting company certifying that the shareholders' equity is at least equivalent to the share capital. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3. The conversion in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-103

The holders of securities giving future access to the capital after detachment, where applicable, of the rights of the original security pursuant to this section shall be grouped ipso jure, for the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-106

…rd or receivership proceedings are opened against a company issuing securities giving access to the capital under the conditions of article L. 228-91, the period provided for exercising the right to a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-100

The provisions of articles L. 228-98 and L. 228-99 are applicable for as long as there are rights attached to each of the components of the securities mentioned in these articles.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-10

…ed under this article shall give rise to a right to compensation for the benefit of the patent application holder, to the extent of the loss suffered. In the absence of an amicable agreement, such com…

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