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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95

…e supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69, for a period of three years from the date of the merger set at Article L. 2…

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Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-57

…all the rules applicable to sociétés anonymes, with the exception of those provided for in articles L. 225-17 to L. 225-56. The introduction in the Articles of Association of this stipulation, or its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-37

…epresented. Except when the Board is convened to carry out the transactions referred to in Articles L. 232-1 and L. 233-16 and unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association, the interna…

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Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-213

The provisions of articles L. 225-209-2, L. 225-206 and L. 22-10-62 do not apply to fully paid-up shares acquired following a universal transfer of assets or following a court decision. However, share…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-257

…become aware of them, they did not disclose them to the General Meeting. The provisions of articles L. 225-253 and L. 225-254 are applicable.

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Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-72

…ot apply to employee shareholders appointed as members of the Supervisory Board pursuant to Article L. 225-71, nor to employees appointed as members of the Supervisory Board pursuant to articles L. 22…

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Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-82

…n the Board is convened to carry out the transactions referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 225-68 and unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association, the internal regulations…

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Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

…or the Management Board, as the case may be, are required, under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-251 and the first paragraph of Article L. 225-256, to pay up shares subscribed by the company…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8

…equest of the founders or one of them. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3, without prejudice to the possibility of being appointed to carry out the missions provi…

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Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-1

The expert referred to in Article L. 225-209-2 is appointed unanimously by the shareholders or, failing this, by the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition at the request of the corpor…

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