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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

A merger or demerger may be declared null and void only if the deliberations of one of the meetings that decided on the merger or demerger are null and void or if the declaration of conformity referre…

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

Article L235-9

Actions for nullity of the company or of acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the day on which the nullity is incurred, subject to the limitati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-17

On pain of nullity, the sociétés anonymes participating in a merger are required to file a declaration with the Registrar in which they relate all the acts carried out with a view to the merger and by…

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

Article L236-28

Where the contribution referred to in article L. 236-27 is carried out between joint-stock companies, between limited liability companies or between one or more joint-stock companies and one or more l…

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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

…hts, to implementing a common policy towards the company or to obtaining control of the company are deemed to be acting in concert. II.-Such an agreement is presumed to exist: 1° Between a company, th…

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

Article L233-11

…of the agreement or amendment introducing the clause concerned, to the company and to the Autorité des marchés financiers. Failing transmission, the effects of this clause are suspended, and the part…

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

Article L233-24

…commercial companies which draw up and publish consolidated accounts within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 are exempted from complying with the accounting rules laid down by Articles L. 233-17-2 to…

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