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Showing 1201–1210 of 54180 articles for “Art. II-4°”
The company may not require shareholders or unit holders to repay any dividends, except where the following two conditions are met:1° If the distribution has been made in breach of the provisions of a…
The terms and conditions for the payment of dividends voted by the General Meeting are set by the General Meeting or, failing this, by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Cha…
For the application of this Title : 1° The territory referred to as "France" means: mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pier…
In the event of a plurality of defendants summoned for the same matter, where at least one of them does not appear, the judgment is deemed to be contradictory with regard to all of them if the decisio…
The judgment by default or the judgment deemed to be contradictory rendered against a party residing abroad must expressly state the steps taken to give notice of the document instituting the proceedi…
A judgment deemed to be contradictory may be appealed only through the channels open against contradictory judgments.
The judge may not rule before the expiry of the longest time limit for appearance, on first or second summons. He shall rule in respect of all the defendants in a single judgment, unless the circumsta…
A judgment rendered by default or a judgment deemed to be contradictory on the sole ground that it is subject to appeal is null and void if it has not been notified within six months of its date.Proce…
A defendant who does not appear may, on the initiative of the plaintiff or on a decision taken ex officio by the judge, be invited to appear again if the summons was not delivered in person. Subject t…
If the defendant does not appear, the case is nevertheless decided on the merits. The judge shall grant the claim only to the extent that he considers it to be regular, admissible and well founded.
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