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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-55

…edeemable shares it has issued in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles R. 225-159 and R. 225-160. These shares are sold within one year. On expiry of this period, they are canc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-51

The company issuing participating securities shall make public, before the opening of their subscription by the public, the terms and conditions of the issue, in accordance with the procedures set out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-53

Articles R. 228-60 to R. 228-78 and R. 228-80 to R. 228-86 are applicable in the event of the issue of profit participation certificates. To this end, the rules provided for by these articles and conc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-5

Persons who provide one or more of the services for identifying the owners of securities mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 publish on their website the fees associated with each type of ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-54

…able shares to obtain disclosure of company documents is exercised in accordance with articles R. 225-92 to R. 225-94.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-5

The decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting taken pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 229-2 is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-50

The general meeting of holders of redeemable shares shall meet at least once a year, on the day of the general meeting of shareholders or, in public companies which do not have one, of the board of di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article D228-56

When the body of holders provided for in article L. 228-37 is made up of holders of securities issued by a State-owned industrial and commercial public establishment subject to public accounting rules…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-5

A company's goodwill on first consolidation is allocated to the appropriate line items in the consolidated balance sheet; the unallocated portion of this goodwill is recorded under "goodwill" on the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-5

The presentation rules and methods used to prepare the documents mentioned in Article R. 232-3 may not be changed from one period to the next without justification in the reports mentioned in Article…

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