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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-4

If, after the registration of the European Company, changes occur in the structure of the company, the location of its registered office or the number of employees it employs, which are likely to subs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-1

This Title applies to1° Companies having their registered office in France and resulting from a cross-border merger, demerger or conversion;2° Companies participating in a cross-border merger, demerge…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-97

Regional mutual insurance companies must limit their territorial scope to the region of their registered office and to the departments of other regions if they border on the department of the register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-35

A notice shall be drawn up by each of the companies involved in the cross-border merger informing the members, creditors and employee representatives or, failing that, the employees themselves that th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Provisions specific to certain agreements

Article 814 C

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of III of Article 810, are registered free of charge:1° Reductions in the capital of companies against cancellation or reduction in the nominal value or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3315-1

Companies which implement profit-sharing under the conditions provided for in this Title may deduct from the bases used for the assessment of corporation tax or income tax the amount of the sums paid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-257

The following information relating to the company's principal place of business in France, or its registered office if it has no place of business, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-7

The guarantee provided for in 3° of Article L. 131-15 may only be granted by one of the credit institutions or finance companies authorised for this purpose or one of the institutions or establishment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22

The special report of the company's statutory auditor drawn up pursuant to article L. 228-19 includes its opinion on the company's compliance with the special rights attached to preference shares and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-17

The publication referred to in Article L. 22-10-13 shall contain the following information: the name or corporate name of the person directly or indirectly concerned, the nature of his relationship wi…

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