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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-10

…rise to an opinion attached to the report mentioned in 3°; 5° The company declares its status as a société à mission to the clerk of the commercial court, who publishes it, subject to compliance of i…

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

Article L23-11-1

Any holder of shares in a company may give a commitment to all of the company's employees to share with them part of the capital gain on the sale or repurchase of his shares on the day he sells or rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-3

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a company must meet the following conditions: 1° The majority of the company's voting rights are held by statutory auditors or firms of statutory au…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1731 A

The late payment interest provided for in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GC

…ntractual clauses. Investment income is calculated by applying the weighted rate of return on these investments to the average annual mathematical provisions relating to the contracts referred to in I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 duodecies

…rovided for in the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of the same article does not apply to investments made in the communities mentioned in the first sentence of this paragraph.Aid granted by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-2

I. - Subject to this article, the selection of the economic operator shareholder(s) and the award of the contract to the single-operations semi-public company set up shall be carried out by a single p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-24

I.-The report of the management, executive or administrative body drawn up pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 236-36 by each company participating in the merger shall explain and justify th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-9

The managers of the companies participating in the formation of the European Company shall invite the special negotiating body to meet and to this end shall inform the staff representatives and the ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-44

The cross-border merger takes effect: 1° In the event of the creation of a new company, in accordance with article L. 236-4; 2° In the event of a transfer of assets and liabilities to an existing comp…

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