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Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-12

…correspondence used for professional purposes by the interested party.If the commercial agent has set up an assigned asset pursuant to article L. 526-6, it also includes the purpose of the profession…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Insurance and bonding of sworn commodity brokers

Article R131-12

…ers the civil liability of a director, partner or employee of a sworn goods broker, legal entity, meeting the conditions set out in Articles 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of Article L. 131-13.

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Subsection 3: Action for regularisation.

Article R210-12

…ormation of the company or the amendment of the Articles of Association, provided for in Article L. 210-7, shall be brought before the Commercial Court. The court with territorial jurisdiction is that…

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Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-12

…tified in accordance with Article R. 223-11, the managing partner shall convene the shareholders' meeting to deliberate on the proposed transfer of the company shares or, if the Articles of Associatio…

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Sub-section 2 : The departmental conciliation committee for leases of commercial, industrial or craft buildings or premises.

Article D145-12

…or more sections, each made up of two landlords, two tenants and one qualified person. The Prefect determines the number of sections and appoints the full and alternate members of each section, for a…

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Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-122

…s who waive their pre-emptive rights on an individual basis shall notify the company by registered letter.Waiver without indicating a beneficiary shall be accompanied, in the case of bearer shares, by…

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Subsection 1: Capital increases.

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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Subsection 1: Capital increases.

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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Sub-section 2: Control of the legality of the transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-12

…ices relating to the advertisements provided for in this section; 4° A copy of the minutes of the meetings referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2; 5° Details of the consequences of th…

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Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-12

…n of the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority) shows at least the net amount of consolidated sales, the profit after tax of all the companies consolidated by the equit…

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