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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-3

The French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product must be able to receive the deposits mentioned in 1° of Article L. 224-2. Payments are made in cash. The second paragra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-145

For companies making, for the placement of their shares, an offer to the public other than one of those mentioned in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-250

A liability action based on the cancellation of the company shall lapse under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 235-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-199

Shares that have been fully or partially amortised lose their right to the first dividend provided for in article L. 232-19 and the repayment of the nominal value. They retain all their other rights.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

Capital amortisation is carried out by virtue of a stipulation in the Articles of Association or a decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Arti…

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

Article L225-21

An individual may not simultaneously hold more than five directorships in public limited companies having their registered office on French territory. As an exception to the provisions of the first pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-181

…the term of the option. However, when the company carries out an amortisation or reduction of capital, a change in the allocation of profits, a free allocation of shares, a capitalisation of reserves,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-77

An individual may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as a member of the supervisory board of public limited companies having their registered office on French territory. By way of derogati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-134

I.-If irreducible subscriptions and, where applicable, reducible subscriptions have not absorbed the entire capital increase: 1° The amount of the capital increase may be limited to the amount of subs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-86

Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and one of the members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board, a shareholder holding more than 10% of the votin…

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