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Showing 24812490 of 61016 articles for Art. CE 9-5-2019 n° 426431 and 426434

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-94

Any shareholder exercising the right to obtain documents and information from the company may be assisted by an expert registered on one of the lists drawn up by the courts and tribunals.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-95

The attendance sheet for shareholders' meetings shall contain the following information: 1° The surname, usual first name and domicile of each shareholder present or deemed to be present by virtue of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-90

…company on the sixteenth day before the General Meeting. It contains the surname, usual first name and address of each holder of registered shares. The number of bearer shares held by each shareholde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-9

…granted for a maximum period of three months. It may be renewed under the conditions set out in II and up to a limit of six months, consecutive or otherwise, over a reference period of twelve consecu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-9

…ial exploitation on the territory of a Member State of the European Economic Community or effective and serious preparations to that effect may invite the proprietor of a patent to take a position on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2215-9

…al départements, the management of rescue operations, under the responsibility of the municipal police pursuant to article L. 2212-2, is entrusted, in the event of an accident, disaster or catastrophe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-9

The Central Council managing section D of the Ordre des pharmaciens is made up of forty members appointed or elected for six years. This central council comprises : 1° A professor or senior lecturer i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Offences concerning public limited companies

Article L242-9

The following are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros: 1° Preventing a shareholder from taking part in a shareholders' meeting; 2° Paragraph repealed. 3° Being granted, gua…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-9

Applications for the assignment of the compulsory licence, its withdrawal or the revision of the conditions under which it was granted are subject to the provisions of articles R. 613-4 to R. 613-8.

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