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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-56

The Supervisory Board may confer on one or more of its members any special mandates for one or more specific purposes. It may decide to set up committees from among its members, the composition and po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-57

…e statutory auditors are informed of this situation within one month of the end of the financial year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-50

The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the names of the members of the Supervisory Board who are present, deemed to be present within the meaning of the third paragraph of article L. 225-82, excuse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-51

…ing the liquidation of the company, such copies or extracts shall be certified by a single liquidator.The certification may be made by means of an electronic signature that complies at least with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-53

The Supervisory Board may authorise the Management Board to grant sureties, endorsements or guarantees on behalf of the company, up to a total amount that it shall determine. This authorisation may al…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-55

…red to in the fifth paragraph of article L. 225-68 is three months from the end of the financial year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-51

The company issuing participating securities shall make public, before the opening of their subscription by the public, the terms and conditions of the issue, in accordance with the procedures set out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-5

Persons who provide one or more of the services for identifying the owners of securities mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 publish on their website the fees associated with each type of ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-5

The decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting taken pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 229-2 is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-50

The general meeting of holders of redeemable shares shall meet at least once a year, on the day of the general meeting of shareholders or, in public companies which do not have one, of the board of di…

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