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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

…ion of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Article L. 232-11. This amortisation may only be carried out by means of an equal repayment on each share of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-17

…ights, the merger or demerger is subject to approval by the special meeting provided for in Article L. 225-99.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-9

…freely exploited without special authorisation shall be laid down by regulation. Subject to article L. 623-10, this authorisation may be granted at any time. It is acquired ipso jure at the end of a p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-11

…transaction intended to consolidate previous loans includes one or more loans mentioned in article L. 313-1 whose relative share does not exceed a threshold set by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, the n…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L312-70

…on receipt of the updated statement of performance of the credit agreement provided for in Article L. 312-71.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to the assessment of the foreign national's request for release outside the detention extension hearings

Article L743-18

…ional applies to the court for release outside the detention extension hearings pursuant to article L. 742-8, may reject the application without first summoning the parties if it appears that no new f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-14

…cement within the fortnight. However, if the council is in one of the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-8, the necessary elections are held and the municipal council is convened to proceed with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The banques populaires network

Article L512-12

…opulaires network, the central body for savings banks and banques populaires referred to in Article L. 512-106 has at its disposal the guarantee funds recorded in the accounts of the société de partic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L512-83

…y decision of the general meeting under conditions determined by the decree provided for in Article L. 512-84, to other maritime mutual credit institutions, to maritime cooperation organisations or to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-24

…he request of one of the representative employers' or employees' organisations mentioned in article L. 2261-19 or at the initiative of the Minister responsible for labour, after receiving the reasoned…

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