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

Article L233-39

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the extraordinary rights of appointment or removal of directors, members of the sup…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L234-3

In commercial companies, the works council or, failing this, the employee delegates exercise the powers provided for in articles L. 422-4 and L. 432-5 of the Labour Code. The chairman of the board of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-6

…nvolved in a merger draw up draft terms of merger.These draft terms are filed with the clerk of the commercial court of the registered office of the said companies to be appended to the register of co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-34

The draft terms of cross-border merger shall be published after the opinion has been issued by the staff representative bodies consulted pursuant to Articles L. 2312-8 and, where applicable, L. 2341-4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-43

The registrar of the court within whose jurisdiction the company resulting from the cross-border merger is to be registered shall, within a period to be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, ver…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-8

…ger or demerger are null and void or if the declaration of conformity referred to in Article L. 236-17 has not been filed. Where it is possible to remedy the irregularity likely to result in nullity,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-9

…mpanies shall be barred after six months from the date of the last entry in the Trade and Companies Register made necessary by the transaction. The nullity action based on article L. 225-149-3 shall b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article L236-28

…nd one or more limited liability companies, and that, from the time of filing with the clerk of the commercial court of the proposed contribution and until completion of the transaction, the company t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-45

Where the company resulting from the cross-border merger is to be subject to an employee participation scheme in accordance with Title VII of Book III of Part Two of the Labour Code, it shall adopt a…

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

Article L233-10

…acting in concert are jointly and severally liable for the obligations imposed on them by laws and regulations.

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