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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article L224-2

…unt at least equal to the amount provided for in the previous paragraph, unless the company is transformed into a company of another form. If the provisions of this paragraph are not complied with, an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-82

…t pay, notwithstanding the absence, insufficiency or unavailability of funds, any cheque drawn on a form issued by it for an amount equal to or less than 15 euros, the account holder and the drawee be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-55

…the conditions laid down in their articles of association. The local caisses de crédit mutuel must form departmental or interdepartmental caisses among themselves. All the caisses départementales or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11

The psychiatrist involved in the patient's care may propose at any time to modify the form of care referred to in article L. 3211-2-1 to take account of changes in the patient's condition. He will dra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-77

To be eligible for exceptional assistance, exhibitors must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at the latest.Th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-17

Changes of name, legal form, address and corrections of material errors are recorded at the request of the owner of the filing, who must be the owner entered in the National Designs Register. However,…

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

Article R612-13

…appendices at the end of the description: 1° Short extracts from computer programs presented in the form of listings written in common programming languages, where they are necessary for understanding…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-57

Changes of name, legal form, address and corrections of material errors shall be entered at the request of the proprietor of the patent application or patent, who must be the proprietor entered in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2416

…ement that he enters into either with the original creditor or with the new creditor is in notarial form. It is published, in the form provided for in article 2425, on pain of non-opposability to thir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-1

A private medical biology laboratory is operated under its own name, or in the form of : 1° An association, foundation or other non-profit organisation; 2° A professional partnership governed by law n…

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