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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-35

…ees themselves that they may submit to it, up to five working days before the date of the general meeting, observations concerning the draft terms of cross-border merger. This notice shall be filed wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-36

…to the employees themselves, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Without prejudice to the last paragraph of Article L. 225-105 of this Code, the opinion of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Reciprocal shareholdings

Article L233-30

…ny shares issued by the latter. If it comes to hold any, it must dispose of them within the period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and it may not, on their account, exercise voting rights. If a co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-32

…the period of a takeover bid for a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, with the authorisation of the target company's S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-33

…2, the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that, during a takeover bid, the measures provided for in I and II of the same Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Reciprocal shareholdings

Article L233-31

…ng rights attached to those shares or voting rights may not be exercised at the company's general meeting. This is not taken into account when calculating the quorum.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-37

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of restrictions in the articles of association on the exercise of votin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-34

…in the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market providing for restrictions in the articles of association on the transfer of shares in the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-38

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of restrictions in the articles of association on the exercise of votin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-31

A cross-border merger is the operation whereby one or more sociétés par actions or sociétés à responsabilité limitée having their registered office in France merge with one or more companies falling w…

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