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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-20

A legal entity may be appointed as a director. When appointed, it is required to designate a permanent representative who is subject to the same conditions and obligations and incurs the same civil an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-20

An attendance register shall be kept, which shall be signed by the directors attending the meeting of the Board of Directors and which shall mention the names of the directors deemed to be present wit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 225

The decision ordering the enquiry shall specify whether it will take place before the trial panel, before a member of that panel or, if necessary, before any other judge of the court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 225

Each spouse administers, obliges and disposes of his or her personal property alone.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 225

The matter is referred to it either by the public prosecutor or by its chairman.It may be referred to it of its own motion when examining the proceedings referred to it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 225-1

…ouse, by substitution or addition to his or her own name in the order he or she chooses, within the limit of one surname for each of them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-202

The decisions provided for in articles L. 225-200 and L. 225-201 are subject to ratification by special meetings of each category of shareholders with the same rights.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-203

The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, shall make the necessary amendments to the clauses of the Articles of Association, insofar as these amendments correspond materially…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-208

Companies which allow their employees to share in their results by allocating their shares, those which allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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