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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-122

…ccompanied, in the case of bearer shares, by the corresponding coupons or a certificate from the custodian of the securities or the intermediary provided for in the article R. 211-4 of the Monetary an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-123

The bare owner of shares is deemed, vis-à-vis the beneficial owner, to have neglected to exercise the preferential right to subscribe for new shares issued by the company when he has neither subscribe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-124

…lated by the Articles of Association for the benefit of any person; 5° The conditions for admission to shareholders' meetings and the exercise of voting rights and, where applicable, the provisions re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-129

Funds from cash subscriptions are deposited under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-6.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-125

…balance sheet, certified as true by the company's legal representative, is published as an appendix to the notice provided for in Article R. 225-124. If the latest balance sheet has already been publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-121

Where the General Meeting has waived shareholders' pre-emptive rights, the provisions of Article R. 225-120 do not apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-128

…rites in full the number of shares subscribed. A copy of this form drawn up on plain paper is given to the subscriber. The subscription form includes: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L754-12

…n the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-12

A system for the automatic processing of personal data with a view to drawing up the electoral list for the measurement of the audience referred to in Article L. 2122-10-1, known as the "files of elec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-12

As an exception to the first paragraph of article R. 521-11, the registration takes effect for: -ten years for the preferential right of the seller of a business, the pledge of a business, maritime an…

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