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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Means of communication and exchange of information

Article R3122-13

The means of communication used may not have the effect of restricting the access of economic operators to the procedure for awarding the concession contract.The transmission, exchange and storage of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-13

…or, failing this, by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the case may be. However, dividends must be paid within a maximum period of nine months after the end of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-13

…e-quarter, one-third, one-half, two-thirds, eighteen-twentieths or nineteen-twentieths of the share capital or voting rights at General Meetings. It also shows any changes that have occurred during th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-13

…e procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions governing limited liability companies.In all cases, where the new company is a joint stock company, the draft articles of association of the new…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-13

…its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the date on which the annulment decision became res judicata. The disappearance of the cause of nullity shall not prevent the bringing of an ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-13

…assets, excluding going concern values, and current liabilities, a provisional income statement, a cash flow statement at the same time as the annual balance sheet and a provisional financing plan. A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-13

…ng partners or their surviving spouses, heirs or assigns shall be barred after five years from publication of the dissolution of the company in the Trade and Companies Register.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-13

A fine of €4,500 shall be imposed if the chairman of the general meeting of bondholders fails to record the decisions of any general meeting of bondholders in minutes, stating the date and place of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-13

An operator of voluntary sales of movable property by public auction mentioned in article L. 321-4 may grant the seller an advance on the auction price of the property offered for sale.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-13

For deliveries of goods that are imported into the tax territory of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte and the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, S…

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