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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-1

Any foreign national present on French territory and wishing to apply for asylum shall present himself in person to the competent administrative authority, which shall register his application and pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Groups of economic operators and works or services entrusted to third parties

Article L3123-17

…age of the procedure for the award of the concession contract, the conceding authority requires him to be replaced by another economic operator who is not the subject of grounds for exclusion, within…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Groups of economic operators and works or services entrusted to third parties

Article L3123-16

…he reason for exclusion from the award procedure concerns a member of a consortium of economic operators, the conceding authority requires him to be replaced by another economic operator who is not th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-10

…ut in II of this article, one or more merger commissioners, appointed by court decision and subject to the incompatibilities with regard to the participating companies set out in Article L. 822-11-3,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-17

On pain of nullity, the sociétés anonymes participating in a merger are required to file a declaration with the Registrar in which they relate all the acts carried out with a view to the merger and by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-11

…ll the capital of the acquiring company and the acquired companies, there is no need for the merger to be approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the companies involved in the transaction or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-13

…ny, the new company may be formed without any contributions other than those of the merging companies.Where the new company is a limited liability company, the members of the disappearing companies ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-12

…ring company and the acquired companies, without holding all of them, and the provisions of Article L. 236-11 do not apply:1° The merger need not be approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

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
Section 1: Merger

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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