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

Article L226-12

The provisions of articles L. 225-109 and L. 225-249 are applicable to managers and members of the supervisory board. The provisions of articles L. 225-52, L. 225-251 and L. 225-255 are applicable to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-12

The prohibitions provided for in Article L. 225-43 apply, under the conditions determined by this article, to the chairman and senior executives of the company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-12

…the statutory auditors. It may delegate this power under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-129 to L. 225-129-6.The terms and conditions for the conversion of preference shares may also be set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-12

Under the conditions they determine, the articles of association of a société européenne which does not intend to offer its shares to the public, or which intends to make one of the offers referred to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

…rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 612-4 ; 3° Which relates to a div…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-12

If a first filing has been made in a State which is not a member of the Paris Union or the World Trade Organization, a right of priority attached to that filing having effects equivalent to those prov…

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

Article L613-12

The application for a compulsory licence is made to the judicial court: it must be accompanied by proof that the applicant has been unable to obtain a licence to exploit the patent from the patent own…

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

Article L623-12

…new plant variety in accordance with Article L. 623-2. However, the body referred to in Article L. 412-1 may consider as sufficient the prior examination carried out in another State party to the Inte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-12

Any person who improperly claims to be the owner of a patent or patent application shall be liable to a fine of €7,500.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-12

As far as France is concerned, the European patent shall be declared invalid by a court decision on any of the grounds referred to in Article 138(1) of the Munich Convention.If the grounds for invalid…

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