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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-104

Shareholders' meetings are convened in accordance with the forms and deadlines laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. Any meeting that is improperly convened may be annulled. However, an action fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-123

The Articles of Association may grant double voting rights to all fully paid-up shares which have been registered in the name of the same shareholder for at least two years.In addition, in the event o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-111

The Company may not validly vote with shares subscribed, acquired or pledged by it. Such shares shall not be taken into account in calculating the quorum.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-1

Employees have the right to express themselves directly and collectively on the content, conditions and organisation of their work.Individual access to the right of collective expression may be ensure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-11

In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where an agreement on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions has not been concluded…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-1

During the period of its execution, the recorded or approved agreement suspends or prohibits all legal action and suspends or prohibits all individual proceedings against both the movable and immovabl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

The declarations provided for in articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-12

As of 1 January 1991, the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region contributes to the improvement of living conditions in the urban communes of Ile-de-France that bear particular b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for distance contracts

Article L242-15

Where the trader has not reimbursed the consumer under the conditions set out in article L. 222-15, on expiry of the thirty-day period, the sum due shall automatically bear interest at the legal rate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Counterfeiting offences

Article L442-1

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action under the conditions set out in article L. 331-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

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