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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-50

…or to the operations of a central depository, the sale of these securities corresponding to rights forming fractional shares shall be carried out, unless the General Meeting decides otherwise, in acc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-3-4

…of a trade mark in a dictionary, encyclopaedia or similar reference work, in printed or electronic form, gives the impression that it constitutes the generic term designating the goods or services fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Degrees.

Article 742

The sequence of degrees forms the line; a direct line is the sequence of degrees between persons who are descended from each other; a collateral line is the sequence of degrees between persons who are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Universal legacies.

Article 1010

…l his furniture, or a fixed proportion of all his immovables or all his furniture. Any other legacy forms only a disposition by particular title.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1865

…r of company shares must be evidenced in writing. It is made enforceable against the company in the forms provided for in Article 1690 or, if the Articles of Association so stipulate, by transfer to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-46

…ecessary by a foreign government, the French government, on receipt of a request transmitted in the forms provided for in the articles 696-8 and 696-9, undertakes to attend the summons sent to him. Ho…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-62

…a copy of the test report, to the laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18, in a form that respects anonymity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement

Article L2362-12

Where the European Cooperative Society is formed by the transformation of a cooperative, the agreement shall provide for a level of information, consultation and participation at least equivalent to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-4

Time spent travelling to and from the place of performance of the employment contract does not constitute actual working time. However, if it exceeds the normal commuting time between home and the usu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-9

…ployment contract of the part-time employee. They do not give rise to mandatory compensation in the form of time off.

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