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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-7

…ion rights under the same conditions as ordinary shareholders. However, the Extraordinary General Meeting may decide, after consulting the special meeting provided for in Article L. 228-35-6, that the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-2

Non-voting preferred shares may also be created under the conditions set out in articles L. 228-35-3 to L. 228-35-11, subject to the provisions of articles L. 225-122 to L. 225-126.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-4

Priority dividend shares without voting rights entitle their holders to a priority dividend deducted from the distributable profit for the year before any other appropriation. If it appears that the p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-3

…agent, to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or delivered against receipt. This declaration shall be accom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Transport, search, seizure and interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article R15-41-3

…ourt before which the investigation was conducted informs the owner of the property, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the procedures for returning the proceeds of the sale. Wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority

Article R1233-3-5

…ject concerns establishments under the jurisdiction of several regional directors of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, the employer informs the regional director of the head…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Parent-managed establishments and services

Article R2324-50-3

…gal representatives in the care of children is taken into account when applying the staffing rules set out in I of article R. 2324-43. For the application of articles R. 2324-43-1 and R. 2324-43-2, on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-10

…of payment to the newspaper for legal announcements, the registry sends the latter, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the notice for publication.The notice shall contain:1° The re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-9

The cost of publishing the registration in a legal gazette is borne by the association.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WD

…nd products intended for animal feed of the approval provided for in article L. 235-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime, the renewal of this approval and checks on compliance with approval conditi…

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