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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-15

The acquiring company is debtor to the non-obligated creditors of the acquired company in place of the latter, without this substitution entailing novation with regard to them.The non-obligated credit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-14

The draft terms of merger shall be submitted to the bondholders' meetings of the merged companies, unless the said bondholders are offered redemption of the securities upon simple request on their par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-16

…the conditions and with the effects provided for in the second and subsequent paragraphs of Article L. 236-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-1

…development actions, including participation in the capital of companies mentioned in 8° of Article L. 4211-1, and actions contributing to the promotion and influence of the territory and its activiti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-11

In all matters and for all services mentioned in article L. 422-1, the industrial property attorney shall observe professional secrecy. This secrecy extends to consultations addressed or intended for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-19

…aining the opinion of the consultative commission for local public services provided for in article L. 1413-1. They decide on the basis of a report that presents the document containing the characteri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Admission

Article L552-12

…sylum application may be admitted to one of the accommodation facilities mentioned in 2° of article L. 552-1 before their asylum application is registered.Decisions on admission and exit are taken by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Conditional release for foreign nationals sentenced to a custodial penalty and subject to a deportation order

Article L722-11

…ational sentenced to a custodial sentence and who is the subject of a decision mentioned in article L. 700-1, with the exception of its 4°, or of an extradition or surrender measure on the basis of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-1

For application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the following is added to article L. 4132-1: "An agreement between the national council of the order and the body of the order in New Caledonia,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3

Article L713-15

…dustry, each elector shall have as many votes as he or she is qualified to cast pursuant to Article L. 713-1.The right to vote in elections for members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce…

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