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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-6

In proceedings initiated pursuant to this book, lessors' claims shall be settled in priority to claims by credit institutions and finance companies and to the loans mentioned in Chapter II of Title I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Property and undivided rights between several communes

Article L5222-6

Decrees in the Council of State shall, where necessary, lay down the detailed rules for the application of this chapter.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-50

Any supplier of a value-added product or service referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-43 retains, for a minimum period of five years after termination of the contractual relationship,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-5

For the transactions referred to in 1° and the last paragraph of article L. 310-1, the State in which the policyholder has his principal residence or, if the policyholder is a legal entity, the State…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-6

The collaborating spouse, when mentioned in the register of commerce and companies or, for a business in the trades and crafts sector, in the national register of businesses, is deemed to have receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-63

The representation of a bondholder may not be entrusted to persons who are prohibited from exercising the profession of banker or who are disqualified from directing, administering or managing a compa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-61

If there is more than one body of bondholders, they may under no circumstances deliberate at a joint meeting.Any bondholder has the right to attend the meeting or to be represented at the meeting by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-62

The following may not represent bondholders at general meetings: managers, directors, members of the management and supervisory boards, general managers, auditors or employees of the debtor company or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-66

Voting rights at general meetings of bondholders belong to the bare owner.

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