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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-54

The representatives of the general body of bondholders, duly authorised by the general meeting of bondholders, shall have sole authority to bring, on behalf of the latter, actions for the nullity of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-58

The general meeting of bondholders is convened by the board of directors, the management board or the legal representative of the company, by the representatives of the group or by the liquidators dur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-51

The representatives of the masse shall be designated in the contract of issue or by the general meeting of bondholders or, failing that, by court decision, at the request of any interested party. When…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-5

As regards the company, the securities are indivisible, subject to the application of articles L. 225-110 and L. 225-118.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-5

The companies promoting the operation to form a European holding company shall draw up a joint draft for the formation of the European company.This draft shall be filed with the registrar of the court…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-5

…carry it out. Where an invention involving biological material to which the public does not have access cannot be described in such a way as to enable a person skilled in the art to carry out that in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-5

…l products made extemporaneously and by unit in pharmacies, on medical prescription, nor to acts concerning medicinal products so prepared ; d) To studies and trials required with a view to obtaining…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-5

…son having standing to bring an infringement action shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by experts appointed by the plaintiff, pursuant t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-5

…Where such sale by the breeder or with his consent or such delivery to third parties has taken place in another territory, for the purposes of exploitation of the variety, for more than four years p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-5

…hibitions provided for in the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister for Defence, for a renewable period of one year. In this case, the request is not forwarded to the European P…

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