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Schengen visas are not issued for a specific purpose. The application asks you to declare the purpose of the trip for which you are applying, but if you are granted a multiple-entry visa, you can use it for other trips for other purposes.
I do not know whether French Embassy wanted to indicate that I cannot apply for another Schengen visa if the previous one is still active.
Yes, that is precisely what the French embassy wanted to indicate.
If yes, then I do not understand how I can use the German Schengen visa that I applied for my tourism to go to my workplace in France for attending some business meetings. Even if border control allows, it is against the company compliance and also on the German Schengen visa is clearly mentioned Type C but in remarks is mentioned BESUCHVISUM (visit visa).
A business visit is also a kind of visit. What do you mean by "company compliance"?
Please guide about any law that states that a person cannot hold an active Schengen visa from 2 countries at the same time of same type?
I just scanned the Schengen Visa Code and the VIS regulation, and I didn't see anything saying this explicitly, but it is certainly implicit in the nature of the Schengen visa system itself. For example, recital 8 of the 2009 version of the code calls for issuing multiple-entry visas where possible to reduce the administrative burden for consulates and increase convenience for travelers:
(8) Provided that certain conditions are fulfilled, multiple-entry visas should be issued in order to lessen the administrative burden of Member Statesβ consulates and to facilitate smooth travel for frequent or regular travellers. ...