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Showing 581590 of 27300 articles for Art. Décret n° 87-712 du 26 août 1987

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-265

The general meeting of the workforce cooperative can only validly deliberate if, on first convocation, at least two thirds of the cooperative's participants are present or represented. The articles of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-269

…ce in the company's establishments, or at least a period of uninterrupted service equal to half the duration of the company, and who have left the company for one of the following reasons: voluntary o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-267

…o the Articles of Association or on proposals to continue the company beyond the term fixed for its duration or to dissolve it before that term are duly constituted and may validly deliberate only if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-261

…the rights which have been acquired in the company by the person concerned prior to his departure, during the last financial year, is made taking into account the time spent by him during this financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-262

…in registered form, registered in the name of the workers' cooperative society, inalienable for the duration of the workers' cooperative society.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-26

…ess the company prefers, after the transfer, to buy back the shares without delay, with a view to reducing its capital.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-26

The public prosecutor may act ex officio to invalidate a patent.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-26

Events occurring prior to the publication of the issue of the certificate shall not be deemed to have infringed the rights attached to the certificate. However, acts committed after notification of a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Text and data mining for the sole purpose of scientific research

Article R122-26

…ses in which the works are hosted; -the terms and conditions under which the digital copies or reproductions of works with a view to text and data searches referred to in article R. 122-23 may be carr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-26

The model of the offer mentioned in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 may, where necessary, be set by order of the minister responsible for the economy.

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