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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-36

Any partner who receives for valuable consideration or free of charge a right to present a clientele transferred by a third party is obliged to contribute the enjoyment of that right to the company, o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1126

The free allotment by a company to all its employees of shares or corporate units in its capital does not give rise to the levying of any tax. The application of this provision is limited to transacti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1136

Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Agricultural organisations

Article 1029

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, the compulsory devolution to works of general agricultural interest of the surplus of net assets over the share capital of dissolved agricultural cooperative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-9

In order to carry out the tasks referred to in Article L. 721-7, credit institutions or finance companies established in the form of a branch or having their registered office in the local authorities…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-34

At the close of a public auction conducted remotely by electronic means, the organising company shall ensure that the public is informed online of the description of the goods awarded, their hammer pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-86

The nominal amount of company shares may not be less than 150 euros. Interest shares corresponding to contributions in kind are non-transferable and must be cancelled when their holder leaves the comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-67

The company is dissolved ipso jure by the simultaneous death of all the partners or by the death of the last surviving partner, if all of them have died successively without, at the date of the last o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-5

When entering into a relationship, an investment services provider other than an asset management company shall collect relevant information relating to the identity and legal capacity of any new clie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-128

If on expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 814-80 no transfer has been made, the company shall transfer or repurchase the shares under the conditions provided for in the second and third pa…

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