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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification procedure

Article R224-1

Related to the certification procedure provided for in article R. 225: 1° The costs listed in article R. 92 which are subject to a fee structure set by the provisions of Title X of Book V (Decrees in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: General conditions for authorisation of gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations

Article R5121-208

Without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter III of Title III of Book V of the Environment Code, the provisions of Articles R. 1243-34 to R. 1243-38 are applicable to the conditions for authorisatio…

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

Article L151-6

…awful where, at the time of obtaining, using or disclosing the secret, a person knew, or ought to have known in the circumstances, that the secret had been obtained, directly or indirectly, from anoth…

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

Article L151-5

…a business secret shall also be considered as unlawful use where the person carrying out these activities knew, or should have known in the circumstances, that the secret was being used unlawfully wi…

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

Article L151-4

…m 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 practice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100-1

…ed to in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100 includes the following information:1° An objective and exhaustive analysis of the development of the company's business, results and financial posit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-101

…mpany, within two years of its registration, acquires an asset belonging to a shareholder and whose value is at least equal to one tenth of the share capital, a commissioner, responsible for assessing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-98

…s all decisions other than those referred to in Articles L. 225-96 and L. 225-97.The Board may only validly deliberate on first call if the shareholders present or represented own at least one-fifth o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-96

The Extraordinary General Meeting alone has the power to amend all provisions of the Articles of Association. Any clause to the contrary shall be deemed unwritten. It may not, however, increase shareh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-97

The Extraordinary General Meeting may change the nationality of the company, provided that the host country has concluded a special agreement with France allowing the acquisition of its nationality an…

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