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

Article L233-12

Where a company is controlled directly or indirectly by a joint stock company, it shall notify the latter and each of the companies participating in such control of the amount of the holdings it holds…

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

Article L233-13

Based on the information received pursuant to articles L. 233-7 and L. 233-12, the report presented to the shareholders on the operations of the financial year shall mention the identity of the natura…

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

Article L233-10

…entered into an agreement with a view to acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights, to implementing a common policy towards the company or to obtaining control of the company are deemed to b…

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

Article L233-11

Any clause in an agreement providing for preferential conditions for the sale or acquisition of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market and relating to at least 0.5% of the capital or voting…

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

Article L233-14

A shareholder who has not duly made the declarations provided for in I, II, VI bis and VII of Article L. 233-7 to which he was required to make a declaration shall be deprived of the voting rights att…

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

Article L233-15

…e management board or the manager of any company having subsidiaries or participating interests, shall include in the notes to the accounts of the company a table, with a view to showing the position…

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TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-10

…statements made with a view to obtaining the benefit of the procedure for exemption from a financial penalty provided for in IV of Article L. 464-2 or by equivalent provisions of the national law of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-1

The Competition Authority may, at the request of the Minister responsible for the economy, the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 462-1 or companies, or on its own initiative and af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L650-1

When safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings are opened, creditors cannot be held liable for losses suffered as a result of assistance granted, except in cases of fraud, blatant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L721-1

Commercial courts are courts of first instance, composed of elected judges and a court clerk. Their jurisdiction is determined by the present code and specific codes and laws. Commercial courts are su…

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