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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-32-1

Natural persons guilty of the offence provided for in Article L. 623-32 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringing and any thing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-32-2

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, of the offence defined in Article L. 623-32 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-29

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the supervisory board shall establish a procedure for regularly assessing whether the agreements relating to current transactio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-29-2

For the purposes of this sub-section, the number of employees is calculated in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1251-54.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-29-9

Holders of securities governed by this section have, except where Article L. 225-138, a pre-emptive right to subscribe for the preference shares referred to in article L. 228-11 when these confer righ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-29

The provisions of this section do not deprive the consumer of the right to exercise the action resulting from the warranty for hidden defects as set out in articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-29-10

For the calculation of the ratios provided for in article L. 228-11, existing non-voting preference shares and investment certificates are taken into account. However, the application of the provision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-32

The Articles of Association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide, on first call, for a higher quorum for meetings of their Ordinary General Meeting t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-29-1

There is no limitation period for an action for nullity of a plant variety certificate.

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

Article L228-29-5

The new securities have the same characteristics and confer, ipso jure and without the performance of any formality, the same rights in rem or claims as the old securities they replace. Rights in rem…

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