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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-1

The commercial nature of a company is determined by its form or its object. General partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies are commercial by virtue o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-142

The form shall indicate the date by which, in accordance with the Articles of Association, it must be received by the Company in order to be taken into account. Where it has been agreed between the Co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-1

…nd documents provided for in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property distributed in electronic form, under conditions such as to guarantee its authenticity, produces the same legal effects as the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-76

The postal voting form allows a vote on each of the resolutions, in the order in which they are presented at the meeting; it offers the shareholder the possibility of expressing on each resolution a v…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 562

If a watercourse, in forming a new branch, cuts across and embraces the field of a riparian owner, and makes an island of it, that owner retains ownership of his field, even though the island has form…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-7

Compulsory or optional social benefits in the form of benefits in kind intended to cover all or part of the cost of the services mentioned in B of article L. 1271-1 may be paid in the form of a specia…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-19

The aid awarded in the form of a grant is intended to cover current cash flow requirements.The aid awarded in the form of an advance is intended to finance the works, investments or training referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-1

…été anonyme (public limited company) is a company whose capital is divided into shares and which is formed between partners who bear losses only up to the amount of their contributions.It is formed be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

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 Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2342-13

…in the consultation documents, for the possibility of modifying the composition of groupings and of forming new groupings between the submission of applications and the submission of initial tenders o…

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