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

Article L225-90

…Article L. 225-86 and entered into without the prior authorisation of the Supervisory Board may be cancelled if they have had harmful consequences for the company.An action for nullity shall be barre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-98

…hose referred to in Articles L. 225-96 and L. 225-97.The Board may only validly deliberate on first call if the shareholders present or represented own at least one-fifth of the shares with voting rig…

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

Article L225-95

…sociétés anonymes, the number of members of the board of directors or the supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69, for…

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

Article L225-91

Under penalty of nullity of the contract, members of the Management Board and members of the Supervisory Board, other than legal entities, are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-96

…eholders present or represented hold at least one quarter of the shares with voting rights on first call and one fifth of the shares with voting rights on second call. Failing this, the second meeting…

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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

…may be made liable for the company's liabilities and are subject to the prohibitions and disqualifications, under the conditions set out in the said provisions.

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

Article L225-94

…ld simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applicable to the accumulation of seats as director and member of the supervisory board. For the applicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-99

…s.Special meetings are valid only if the shareholders present or represented own at least, on first call, one third and, on second call, one fifth of the shares with voting rights and whose rights it…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9

…mployer are vested in the employer, who alone is entitled to exercise them. Any dispute on the application of this article shall be submitted to the judicial court of the employer's registered office.…

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