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Showing 48214830 of 39264 articles for Art. CE 3-7-2009 n° 293154

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-73

The liability action against the directors or the managing director mentioned in article L. 225-252 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-76

…director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board are determined in accordance with a remuneration policy. This policy is consistent with the company's corporate interests, con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

…senting more than 50% of the shares in a limited liability company or shares or securities giving access to the majority of the capital in a joint stock company, the owner of the holding notifies the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-7-1

A creditor who has received a payment in breach of the rule of equality of unsecured creditors or as a result of an error in the order of privileges must return the sums so paid.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-7

…registration granted pursuant to Articles L. 822-1-5 and L. 822-1-6 conditions the validity in France of the certification reports signed by the auditors referred to in I of Article L. 822-1-5. They…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-7-1

…e European Economic Area is entitled to represent persons in industrial property matters before the central industrial property service of that State, he may use in France his professional title, expr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-70-1

A decision on the patent application shall be taken within four months of payment of the fee for granting and printing the specification referred to in Article R. 612-70.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-70-2

…ress decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 612-70-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-73-1

A decision shall be taken on the application to amend the patent within twelve months of its filing. This period shall be interrupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in the third p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-7

…The Director General of the Institute may base his decision on facts put forward or documents produced after the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles R. 613-44, R. 613-44-1 and R. 613-44…

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