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Article L210-6 of the French Commercial code

Commercial companies have legal personality from the date of their registration in the Trade and Companies Register. The regular conversion of a company does not result in the creation of a new legal entity. The same applies to an extension.

Persons who have acted on behalf of a company in formation before it has acquired legal personality are held jointly and severally and indefinitely liable for the acts thus performed, unless the company, after having been duly formed and registered, takes over the commitments entered into. These commitments are then deemed to have been entered into by the company from the outset.

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Article L210-6

Les sociétés commerciales jouissent de la personnalité morale à dater de leur immatriculation au registre du commerce et des sociétés. La transformation régulière d’une société n’entraîne pas la création d’une personne morale nouvelle. Il en est de même de la prorogation.

Les personnes qui ont agi au nom d’une société en formation avant qu’elle ait acquis la jouissance de la personnalité morale sont tenues solidairement et indéfiniment responsables des actes ainsi accomplis, à moins que la société, après avoir été régulièrement constituée et immatriculée, ne reprenne les engagements souscrits. Ces engagements sont alors réputés avoir été souscrits dès l’origine par la société.

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