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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-11

The internal regulations determine the rules for ensuring a common commercial policy. They lay down the general operating conditions and, in particular: 1° Opening days and hours and, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…sferring the business to the said shop, complete the publicity formalities provided for in articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22. If the creditor holding the lien or pledge has not notified an opposition b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations and responsibilities of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée

Article L125-1

…ificate if there is no entry or publication. However, for option contracts registered under article L. 123-2, it only issues the name of the literary work, the name of the author and that of his succe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-4

Each member of the economic interest grouping or company is the holder of shares that cannot be dissociated from the use of a pitch determined by the constitutive contract or the Articles of Associati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

The contract of incorporation or the articles of association, as the case may be, must, on pain of nullity, and subject to the joint and several liability of the signatories, contain an express statem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-6

In the case of a management lease of a business or company in the trades and crafts sector registered in the national register of companies, the lessor is the sole member of the group or company. A pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to natural or legal persons brought together in the same premises, under the same name, in order to operate, in accordance with common rules, their business or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Dissolution.

Article L125-19

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract of incorporation or the Articles of Association, the receivership or liquidation of one of the members does not automatically result in the dissolution of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-14

The contract of incorporation or the articles of association, as the case may be, may make the management lease of a business or a craft business in the general shop subject to the approval of the ten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-13

The approval clause is not enforceable in the event of a compulsory sale of the shares, whether or not they have been pledged.

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