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

Article L151-4

…the secret or from which it can be deduced, or unauthorised appropriation or copying of such items; 2° Any other behaviour considered, given the circumstances, to be unfair and contrary to commercial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-4

…contain the following information: 1° The amount or value of the contributions of all the partners; 2° The share in this amount or value of each active or limited partner; 3° The overall share of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts

Article L153-1

…in order to decide whether the protective measures provided for in this article should be applied; 2° Decide to limit the communication or production of this document to certain of its elements, orde…

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Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-17

…given by an extrajudicial act, specify the reason given and reproduce the terms of this paragraph; 2° If it is established that the building must be totally or partially demolished as being in a stat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-12

…s during the financial year and whose articles of association meet the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 210-10 may provide in its articles of association that an engagement coordinator re…

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

Article L152-3

…ar : 1° Prohibit the performance or continuation of acts of use or disclosure of a business secret; 2° Prohibit acts of production, offering, placing on the market or use of products resulting signifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

…ing permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145-1. In any event, this right of repossession may only be exercised over the part…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-10

…icles of association specify a raison d'être, within the meaning of article 1835 of the Civil Code; 2° Its Articles of Association specify one or more social and environmental objectives that the comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Compensation for breach of business confidentiality

Article L152-6

…cy, including loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party, including loss of opportunity; 2° Non-material damage caused to the injured party; 3° The profits made by the person who infringed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret

Article L151-3

…ollowing are methods of lawfully obtaining a trade secret: 1° An independent discovery or creation; 2° The observation, study, dismantling or testing of a product or object that has been made availabl…

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