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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-265

…eneral meeting decides by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a ballot, blank ballots are not taken into account. However, for the amendment of the cooperative's articles of association and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article L225-205

When the meeting approves a proposed capital reduction not motivated by losses, the representative of the bondholders' group and the creditors whose claims predate the date on which the minutes of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-51

…ng of the companies referred to in the first paragraph which decides on this capital increase shall not decide on the basis of a report by the statutory auditors.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-4

…to the date on which the patent application was made public under Article L. 612-21 or that of the notification to any third party of a certified copy of this application shall not be deemed to have…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article L721-4

…ecognised him as a refugee or granted him the benefit of subsidiary protection or if a decision has not yet been taken on his application for asylum ;2° Another country for which a valid travel docume…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 803

…se has come to light since it was made; the constitution of a lawyer subsequent to the closure does not, in itself, constitute a cause for revocation.If an application for voluntary intervention is ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528-2

The provisions of this chapter do not preclude the right of the injured party to summon the offender directly before the Police Court, under the conditions laid down in this Code. When the summons is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

A person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour by a final criminal judgment or, in the event of incapacity, his or her legal representative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 567-2

The Criminal Division hearing an appeal against a judgment of the Investigating Division or the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal handed down in respect of pre-trial detention must rule within…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-3

When it appears to the investigating judge in Paris that the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 628 and do not fall within its jurisdiction…

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