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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-89

…e list to sell his shares, either to a third party under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 822-50 and R. 822-86, either to the members or to one or more of them, or to the company.If at the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-84

…vious financial years, the minute books, files and documents drawn up in accordance with article R. 823-10, and more generally all documents held by the company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-82

Amendments to the Articles of Association and the extension of the company are decided by a majority of three quarters of the votes held by all members present or represented.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-8

If several statutory auditors are in office, they may carry out their investigations, verifications and audits separately, but they shall draw up a joint report. In the event of disagreement between t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-85

If the reserves constituted by undistributed profits or capital gains due to the members' industry allow it, the share capital is periodically increased. The shares created for this purpose are distri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-86

…roved by the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'article 19 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. The proposed transfer is notified to the company and to each of the members…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-87

…draft transfer in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. This notification implies a commitment on the part of the transferee or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-80

The Articles of Association set the number of votes each partner has. A partner may give a written mandate to another partner to represent him at the meeting. The meeting may only validly deliberate i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-88

When a member intends to withdraw from the company pursuant to article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, it shall notify the company of its decision in one of the forms provided for in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-8

…High Council a request for the provisional suspension of a statutory auditor pursuant to Article L. 824-7, it will notify the interested party of the decision and the grievances, and will give the lat…

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