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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-232

One or more shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital may, twice a financial year, put questions in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the Management Board about…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-264

Each participant has one vote at the general meeting of the workers' cooperative. The articles of association may, however, allocate several votes to participants, depending on the amount of their sal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-268

The board of directors or supervisory board of the société anonyme à participation ouvrière includes one or more representatives of the société coopérative de main-d'oeuvre. These representatives are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-263

The participants in the société coopérative de main-d'oeuvre are represented at the general meetings of the société anonyme by proxies elected by these participants, meeting at a general meeting of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-201

Shareholders may be authorised, under the same conditions, to pay the company the amortised amount of their shares, increased, where applicable, by the first dividend or the statutory interest for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-249

The founders of the company to whom the nullity is attributable and the directors in office at the time when it was incurred may be declared jointly and severally liable for the damage resulting for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-253

Any clause in the Articles of Association which has the effect of making the exercise of corporate action subject to the prior opinion or authorisation of the General Meeting, or which entails in adva…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-251

Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-265

The general meeting of the workforce cooperative can only validly deliberate if, on first convocation, at least two thirds of the cooperative's participants are present or represented. The articles of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-244

…ken on the report of the company's statutory auditors, if any. The report certifies that the shareholders' equity is at least equal to the share capital.The conversion is subject, where applicable, to…

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