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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-116

Company shares corresponding to cash contributions must be paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least half of their nominal value. The remainder must be paid up, in one or more instalments, eit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-117

The company or its liquidator is exempt from inserting in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements the notices and deeds provided for in articles 22, 24, 26, 27 and 29 of Decree no.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Members and departments of the High Council

Article R821-11

Subject to the provisions of article L. 821-3-1, the departments of the High Council are headed, under the authority of the Chairman, by a Chief Executive Officer. The Director General is appointed by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-112

The registered office of the société civile professionnelle is fixed at the professional domicile common to several or all of the partners or at the professional domicile of one of them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-113

the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline may request from an auditor referred to in Article R. 814-29 an opinion on the value of contributions in kind.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-114

Company shares may not be pledged as collateral. Their nominal amount may not be less than 150 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-115

Interest shares allocated to contributors in industry are non-transferable. They are cancelled when their holder loses the status of partner for any reason whatsoever.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-119

The minutes of the shareholders' deliberations are recorded in a special register that has previously been listed and initialled by the clerk responsible for keeping the register of companies in which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-11

The High Council checks that the candidate meets the conditions required for registration. The High Council or its delegate collects all relevant information on the candidate and requests the bulletin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R822-116

The société de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes shall inform the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes, within thirty days of the date on which…

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