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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article L22-10-2

As an exception to article L. 225-1, for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility, the number of shareholders may not be less than seven.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-2

The copy of the draft articles of association filed with the clerk of the commercial court of the place of the company's registered office is drawn up on plain paper and signed by the founders. It is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-4

…lic of the issue of shares shall reproduce the information in the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3 and shall contain a mention of the publication of this notice in the Bulletin des annonces l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-6

The funds from cash subscriptions and the list containing the surname, usual first name and domicile of the subscribers, with an indication of the sums paid by each of them, shall be deposited, on beh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-5

…lication in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-7

…re chosen from among the statutory auditors registered on the list provided for in I of article L. 822-1 or from among the experts registered on one of the lists drawn up by the courts and tribunals.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-8

The report of the contribution auditors describes each of the contributions, indicates which valuation method was adopted and why it was chosen, and states that the value of the contributions correspo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-3

The notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-2 is published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, before the start of subscription operations and prior to any publici…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-9

The contribution auditors' report shall be filed at least eight days before the date of the constituent general meeting at the address of the registered office indicated in the subscription form and a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-27

I.-Any person actively soliciting mandates within the meaning of Article L. 22-10-41 shall publish a regularly updated document entitled "voting policy" on its website. This document may also be consu…

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