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Article L223-21 of the French Commercial code

Under penalty of nullity of the contract, managers or members other than legal entities are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loans from the company, from being granted an overdraft by it, in a current account or otherwise, and from having their commitments to third parties guaranteed or endorsed by it. This prohibition applies to the legal representatives of associated legal entities.

The prohibition also applies to the spouses, ascendants and descendants of the persons referred to in the previous paragraph and to any interposed person.

However, if the company operates a financial establishment, this prohibition does not apply to current transactions of this business concluded on normal terms.

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Article L223-21

A peine de nullité du contrat, il est interdit aux gérants ou associés autres que les personnes morales de contracter, sous quelque forme que ce soit, des emprunts auprès de la société, de se faire consentir par elle un découvert, en compte courant ou autrement, ainsi que de faire cautionner ou avaliser par elle leurs engagements envers les tiers. Cette interdiction s’applique aux représentants légaux des personnes morales associées.

L’interdiction s’applique également aux conjoint, ascendants et descendants des personnes visées à l’alinéa précédent ainsi qu’à toute personne interposée.

Toutefois, si la société exploite un établissement financier, cette interdiction ne s’applique pas aux opérations courantes de ce commerce conclues à des conditions normales.

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