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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity.

Article R235-3

Third-party proceedings against decisions declaring a company null and void are only admissible for a period of six months from the publication of the court decision in the Bulletin officiel des annon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-3

…to make available to users of the public employment service. The agreement is signed by the Prefect and the Regional Director.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise or office

Article L7227-3

Time off used in application of articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-3

The number of members of a société à responsabilité limitée may not exceed one hundred. If the company comes to include more than one hundred members, it is dissolved after a period of one year unless…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-3

A société en commandite simple is designated by a company name to which the name of one or more partners may be incorporated and which must be immediately preceded or followed by the words: "société e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-36

Any non-managing partner may, twice a financial year, put questions in writing to the manager about any fact likely to jeopardise the continuity of the business. The manager's reply is communicated to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-37

…one or more experts to present a report on one or more management operations. The public prosecutor and the works council are entitled to act for the same purposes. If the application is granted, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-30

…ate if the shareholders present or represented own at least one quarter of the shares on first call and one fifth on second call. If this quorum is not reached, the second meeting may be adjourned to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-33

…e adopted is different from that proposed by the contributions auditor, the managers of the company and the persons who subscribed to the capital increase are jointly and severally liable for five yea…

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