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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article L224-2

…lved. Such dissolution may not be ordered if, on the day the court rules on the merits of the case, regularisation has taken place. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the capital of press…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

…3/22/EC, if they were valued at the weighted average price at which they were traded on one or more regulated markets during the three months prior to the effective date of the contribution; 2° Assets…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-10

When the meeting deliberates on the approval of a contribution in kind or the granting of a special benefit, the shares of the contributor or beneficiary are not taken into account for the calculation…

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Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-19

…nd penultimate paragraphs shall not entail the nullity of the deliberations in which the director irregularly appointed or deemed to have compulsorily resigned took part.

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Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-25

The Articles of Association may require each director to own a number of shares in the company, which they determine. If, on the day of his appointment, a director does not own the required number of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-48

…t entail the nullity of the deliberations in which the Chairman of the Board of Directors who was irregularly appointed or deemed to have compulsorily resigned took part, or the nullity of his decisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-53

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Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-54-1

…multaneously hold more than one office as chief executive officer of sociétés anonymes having their registered office on French territory. As an exception to the provisions of the first paragraph:a se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-11

…statutory auditor and whose accounts for the last three financial years of twelve months have been regularly approved by the members, may issue registered bonds provided that it does not make a publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30

The office of director elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to article L. 225-27-1 is incompatible with any office as trade union delegate, member of the works council, member of the group w…

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