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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16-1

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share denominations issued in breach of this sub-section are suspended until the situation is rectified. Any vote cast or dividend paid during the su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code

Article R225-14-1

For the application of I of article L. 225-8-1, the decision of the founders not to appoint a contributions auditor, and any document relating to the description and valuation of the contributions, in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 213

…to taxes which cannot be deducted by virtue of 4° of 1 of Article 39, to the taxes provided for in 1° of Article L. 421-94 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-124

…e provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 225-120 shall contain the following information: 1° The object of the company, stated briefly; 2° The company's normal expiry date; 3° The classes of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2019

…on the identity of the beneficial owner(s) of the trust referred to in Article L. 561-2-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code must also, on pain of nullity, give rise to a written document drawn up by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-2

Goods brokerage may be carried out by any trader.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and composition

Article L327-2

The control commission is made up of a control panel and a sanctions panel. Unless otherwise provided by law, the tasks entrusted to the commission are carried out by the supervisory board.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-2

…amework of professional agreements concerning them. They are also entitled to sit on the bodies competent to deliberate on matters of social protection, welfare and training for the rights holders the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-2

Only designs that are new and have their own character may be protected.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

A commercial practice is misleading if it is committed in any of the following circumstances: 1° Where it creates confusion with another good or service, a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishi…

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