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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-42

…ion of business shall cease to have effect for the time required to carry out the transformations made pursuant to the provisions of section 8. This period may not exceed six months from the date of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-6

Decisions that exceed the powers granted to the managing partners are taken unanimously by the shareholders. However, the Articles of Association may provide that certain decisions shall be taken by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-3

…bers of a société à responsabilité limitée may not exceed one hundred. If the company comes to include more than one hundred members, it is dissolved after a period of one year unless, during that per…

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Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-7

…es representing cash contributions must be paid up by at least one fifth of their amount. The remainder must be paid up in one or more instalments at the discretion of the managing partner, within a p…

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Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-6

…may, during the original lease or a renewed lease, take over the premises in whole or in part in order to carry out work requiring the evacuation of the premises included in a sector or perimeter pro…

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Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

…t to renewal may not be enforced against an owner who has obtained planning permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145-1. In a…

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Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret

Article L151-2

A legitimate holder of a business secret is one who lawfully has control of it.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-6

The obtaining, use or disclosure of a business secret shall also be deemed unlawful where, at the time of obtaining, using or disclosing the secret, a person knew, or ought to have known in the circum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-3

…a business secret, the court may, without prejudice to the award of damages, prescribe, including under penalty payment, any proportionate measure likely to prevent or stop such an infringement. It ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-6

Commercial companies have legal personality from the date of their registration in the Trade and Companies Register. The regular conversion of a company does not result in the creation of a new legal…

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