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Showing 371380 of 45378 articles for Art. L 237-29 · ANSA 09-068 · Cass. com. 26 September 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-3

At the end of the period set by the decree provided for in article L. 228-29-7, shares not presented for consolidation lose their voting rights and their right to dividends is suspended. The decree re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

When all or part of the remuneration due under a partnership contract or a contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code in respect of investment costs, wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-2

The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 532-2(4) must devote sufficient time to carrying o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-7

I.-Options may be granted under the same conditions as in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 and L. 22-10-56 of the French Commercial Code by a company controlled, directly or indirectly, exclusively o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

Shares with a par value less than or equal to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or sta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-1

Articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-31, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 do not apply to interpersonal communications services not based on numbering within the meaning of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-29-1

A commune may be authorised, by the State representative in the department following the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-2

Share consolidations provided for in article L. 228-29-1 include the obligation for shareholders to make the purchases or sales of shares necessary to carry out the reverse split. The nominal value of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1

Mutual insurance companies are legal entities governed by private law with non-commercial objects. They are formed to insure the risks brought in by their members or to offer the provision of the oper…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

I.-Sociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that t…

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