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Showing 441450 of 38643 articles for Art. L 225-12

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-3

The expert's report is filed at the registered office at least fifteen days before the date of the General Meeting called to vote on the buyback. It shall be made available to shareholders and statuto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-162

The statutory auditor may only convene the shareholders' meeting after having unsuccessfully requested that it be convened by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, by reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification procedure

Article R225

When the statement or memorandum relates to costs mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 224-1 and article R. 224-2, the court clerk or any other category B civil servant from the judicial services, aft…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article A225-4

In respect of the due diligence it has carried out to conduct its assignment, the independent third-party body shall present:a) Proof of its accreditation;b) The work performed, the scope covered and,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual limitation periods.

Article 2254

…iption may be shortened or extended by agreement of the parties. It may not, however, be reduced to less than one year or extended to more than ten years.The parties may also, by mutual agreement, add…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 2257

When one has begun to possess for another, one is always presumed to possess in the same capacity, if there is no proof to the contrary.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2252

A person who is unable to exercise his rights himself cannot waive the acquired prescription on his own.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 2255

Possession is the holding or enjoyment of a thing or right which we hold or exercise by ourselves, or by another who holds or exercises it on our behalf.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisitive prescription.

Article 2258

…ription is a means of acquiring property or a right by the effect of possession without the person alleging it being obliged to produce a title to it or being able to rely on the exception deduced fro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2253

Creditors, or any other person with an interest in prescription being acquired, may set it up against or invoke it even when the debtor waives it.

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