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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-3

…consolidation method or the equity method. In the full consolidation method, the consolidated balance sheet includes the assets and liabilities of the consolidating company, with the exception of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity.

Article R235-3

Third-party proceedings against decisions declaring a company null and void are only admissible for a period of six months from the publication of the court decision in the Bulletin officiel des annon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-3

…lf-year of the financial year, the situation of realisable and available assets, excluding going concern values, and current liabilities; 2° Annually: a) The cash flow statement at the same time as th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration

Article R321-3

…niture by public auction shall send the Conseil des maisons de vente proof of renewal of the insurance covering their professional liability and of the insurance or surety guaranteeing the representat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-38

…to conduct the hearings and interviews provided for in article R. 321-29. The Council's rules of procedure are communicated to the Minister for Justice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-33

…les L. 236-42, L. 236-43 and R. 236-30 shall be lodged under the conditions and according to the procedures of article R. 123-139 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-3

…tions that guarantee the security and authenticity of the documents.When the website is no longer accessible for an uninterrupted period of at least twenty-four hours, the draft terms of merger shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-31

…ponsible for the supervision referred to in Article L. 236-43 a file containing, in addition to the certificate of compliance issued by the competent authority, where applicable the registrar referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-30

I.-The audit provided for in Article L. 236-42 shall be carried out within three months of receipt of the copy of the minutes of the meeting referred to in Article L. 236-9 or, in the absence of a mee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Liquidation.

Article R310-3

The mayor shall issue a receipt for the declaration of the liquidation sale within a maximum of fifteen days of receipt of the complete file for the said declaration; if the file is incomplete, the ma…

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