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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article L2192-14

Any waiver of payment of default interest shall be deemed unwritten.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-143

The subscription contract for equity securities or securities giving access to the capital is evidenced by a subscription form, drawn up under the conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-140

Where the equity securities are encumbered by a usufruct, the preferential subscription right attached to them belongs to the bare owner. If the latter sells the subscription rights, the sums from the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-142

Prior to the opening of the subscription period, the company shall carry out publicity formalities, the terms of which shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-141

The period granted to shareholders to exercise their subscription rights may not be less than five trading days from the opening of the subscription period. This period is terminated early as soon as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-14

…e conversion of a société en commandite par actions into a société anonyme or a société à responsabilité limitée is decided by the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, with the agreement of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-14

Preference shares may be converted into ordinary shares or into preference shares of another class. In the event of the conversion of preference shares into shares resulting in a capital reduction not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-14

If the holder of a compulsory licence fails to comply with the conditions under which that licence was granted, the patent owner and, where applicable, the other licensees may obtain from the court th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-14

Applications for plant variety certificates, acts granting the certificate and any acts transmitting or modifying the rights attached to an application for a certificate or to a certificate may only b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory service

Article L313-14

Advice is considered to be independent if it is provided on the basis of a sufficiently large number of credit agreements available on the market and if its provision does not give rise to any remuner…

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