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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-2

Cash shares are governed by the provisions of Article L. 228-9 of the French Commercial Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 228-9. - Cash shares are registered shares until they are fully paid up. " "Fai…

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

Article L225-211

Records of purchases and sales made pursuant to articles L. 225-208, L. 22-10-62, L. 225-209-2, L. 228-12 and L. 228-12-1 must be kept, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-1

The rules governing the creation of non-voting preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-2 to L. 228-35-11 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L922-8

The last paragraph of Article L. 228-36 is deleted.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

When the merger operations referred to in Article L. 236-1 of the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-5

The procedure for identifying the owners of equity securities is set out in Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-6 of the Commercial Code.The identification procedure referred to in the first paragraph appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26

Notwithstanding articles 1349 of the French Civil Code and L. 228-44 and L. 228-74 of the French Commercial Code, sociétés de crédit foncier may subscribe to their own "obligations foncières" for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-2

The rules governing investment certificates and voting right certificates are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-35 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-4

…ertain shares to be in registered form is deemed to have been met if the conditions set out in Article L. 228-2 of the French Commercial Code are met.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Shares for cash and paid-in capital

Article L212-1

The different types of shares are defined inArticle L. 228-7 of the French Commercial Code, which is reproduced below: ArticleL. 228-7: "Shares for cash are those whose value is paid up in cash or by…

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