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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-113

Any shareholder may attend Extraordinary General Meetings and any shareholder owning shares referred to in Article L. 225-99 may participate in special meetings. Any clause to the contrary is deemed u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-45

Where the issuing company has continued to pay the proceeds of bonds redeemable as a result of a draw, it may not repeat such sums when such bonds are presented for redemption. Any clause to the contr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Mortgages

Article L341-22

If an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations laid down in Article L. 313-54, for a hire-purchase contract and hire with a promise to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article L751-3

Aforeign nationals placed under house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2 may be placed in detention pursuant to article L. 751-9 if they present a non-negligible risk of absconding as defined in arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence.

Article 728-29

Where the sentence is the subject of an amnesty, pardon, revision or any other decision or measure having the effect of depriving it, immediately or otherwise, of its enforceability, the representativ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-15

The number of participants, including non-contributors and retirees, in an agreement may not be less than 1,000.This number must be reached within three years of the agreement coming into force.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2191-26

A final partial payment is a payment which cannot be challenged by the parties after it has been paid, in particular when the balance is drawn up.With the exception of works contracts, the purchaser m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-15

It is forbidden to stipulate fixed or interim interest for the benefit of the shareholders. Any clause to the contrary shall be deemed unwritten. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not ap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Stamp duties proper

Article 916 A

Cheque forms that do not meet the characteristics of being blocked in advance and non-transferable by endorsement mentioned in Article 85 of Act no. 78-1239 of 29 December 1978 are subject to a stamp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 844

The second paragraph of Article 470-1 reads as follows: "However, where it appears that liable third parties must be implicated, the court shall refer the case, by a decision not subject to appeal, to…

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