French Commercial code
In forceI.-An Ordinary General Meeting is held at least once a year, within six months of the end of the financial year, unless this period is extended by court order. If the Ordinary General Meeting has not been convened within this period, the Public Prosecutor or any shareholder may apply to the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings in order to enjoin, if necessary under penalty, the directors to convene this meeting or to appoint an agent to do so.
The Board of Directors or the Management Board shall present to the General Meeting the annual financial statements and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements, together with the management report relating thereto, to which shall be attached, where applicable, the report referred to, as the case may be, in Article L. 225-37 or L. 225-68, as the case may be.
The statutory auditors, if any, give an account, in their report, of the performance of the duties assigned to them by articles L. 823-9, L. 823-10 and L. 823-11.
The meeting deliberates and decides on all matters relating to the annual financial statements and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements for the past financial year.
II. - (Repealed)
III. - (Repealed)
IV.The Ordinary General Meeting exercises the powers granted to it in particular by Article L. 225-18, the fourth paragraph of article L. 225-24, the third paragraph of L. 225-40, the third paragraph of l'article L. 225-42 and by l'article L. 225-45 or, where applicable, by article L. 225-75, the fourth paragraph of article L. 225-78, article L. 225-83, the third paragraph of Article L. 225-88 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-90.
