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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Equity securities

Article L228-36

…itions set out in the issue contract. Their remuneration comprises a fixed part and a variable part calculated by reference to factors relating to the company's activity or results and based on the no…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Equity securities

Article L228-37

The issue and redemption of redeemable equity securities must be authorised under the conditions set out in the fifth paragraph of article L. 225-100 and articles L. 228-40 to L. 228-44. Holders of re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-38

As stated in article L. 213-5 of the Monetary and Financial Code : " Art. L213-5-Les obligations sont des titres négociables qui, dans une même émission, confèrent les mêmes droits de créance pour une…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3

In the case of registered securities, consisting of bonds or securities giving immediate or future access to the capital, the intermediary registered under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-3

…urt within whose jurisdiction the company participating in the operation is registered shall, after carrying out the verification provided for in Article L. 236-17, issue a certificate of compliance o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-3

Where two patent applications are filed successively by the same inventor or his successor in title within a period of not more than twelve months, the applicant may request that the second applicatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-3

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the patent, the following are prohibited:a) The manufacture, offering, placing on the market, use, import, export, transhipment, or possession for the afo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-3

…he Institut national de la propriété industrielle, on a confidential basis, of European patent applications filed at that institute.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-35

…agraph of I of article L. 614-34, the owner of the patent or of the supplementary protection certificate attached to a patent or the person entitled to exploit the patented invention or the subject of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-3

…efit thereof. The action for reclaiming the rights is barred after five years from the date of publication of the filing.

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