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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-6

In the event of the nullity of a company or of acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation, based on a defect in consent or the incapacity of a member, and where regularisation can be effec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-7

Where the nullity of acts and deliberations subsequent to the formation of the company is based on a breach of the rules of disclosure, any person with an interest in the regularisation of the act may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-4

The commercial court, seised of an action for nullity, may, even of its own motion, set a time limit to allow nullities to be covered. It may not declare the nullity less than two months after the dat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2358

A pledge of a claim may be made for a specific period of time. It may relate to a fraction of a claim, unless the claim is indivisible.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2359

The pledge extends to the accessories of the claim unless the parties agree otherwise.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2350

The sequestration or deposit of sums, effects or values, ordered by a court as a guarantee or as a precautionary measure, entails special allocation and preferential right within the meaning of Articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2355

A pledge is the assignment, as security for an obligation, of an intangible movable asset or a group of intangible movable assets, present or future. It is conventional or judicial. Judicial pledging…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2356

On pain of nullity, the pledge of a claim must be concluded in writing. The secured claims and the pledged claims are designated in the deed. If they are future, the deed must allow them to be individ…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.

Article D123-235

The unique identification number which alone may be required of a company in its dealings with the administrations, persons or bodies listed in Article L. 123-32 is the identity number assigned to it…

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