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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-186

Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-185, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 are applicable to investment certificates, cooperative investment certificates and cooperative shareholder certificates.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-184

A special report informs the Ordinary General Meeting each year of the transactions carried out under the provisions of articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186. This report also gives an account of:the numb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-180

…rectly, at least 50% of the capital of the company granting the options. II.-The Ordinary General Meeting of the company that directly or indirectly majority controls the company granting the options…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-181

The price set for the subscription or purchase of the shares may not be changed during the term of the option. However, when the company carries out an amortisation or reduction of capital, a change i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-182

The total number of options opened and not yet exercised may not give entitlement to subscribe for a number of shares exceeding a fraction of the share capital determined by decree in the Conseil d'Et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-18

…lements a clause introduced pursuant to articles L. 227-14, L. 227-16 and L. 227-17, this price is set by agreement between the parties or, failing that, determined under the conditions provided for i…

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

Article L613-18

…tents other than those referred to in Article L. 613-16 to begin working them in such a way as to meet the needs of the national economy. If the formal notice has not been acted upon within a period o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-18

When the normal functioning of communications is interrupted, a decree that will take effect from the day of the interruption may suspend the time limits with regard to the National Institute of Indus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-18

…nt necessary for the realisation and exploitation of this particular application. This must be concretely and precisely set out in the patent application. The following in particular are not patentabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-18

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 615-17, the civil actions and claims referred to in the first paragraph of Article 32 of the Agreement relating to a Unified Patent Court sh…

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