In the event of a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of one or more directors, the Board of Directors may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments.
When the number of directors has fallen below the legal minimum, the remaining directors must immediately call an Ordinary General Meeting to complete the Board.
When the number of directors has fallen below the statutory minimum, but not below the legal minimum, the Board of Directors must make provisional appointments to complete its membership within three months of the day on which the vacancy occurs.
When its composition no longer complies with the first paragraph of article L. 225-18-1, the Board of Directors must make provisional appointments to fill the vacancy within six months of the date on which the vacancy occurs.
Appointments made by the Board pursuant to the first, third and fourth paragraphs above are subject to ratification by the next Ordinary General Meeting. In the absence of ratification, the deliberations taken and acts performed previously by the Board shall nonetheless remain valid.
Where the Board fails to make the required appointments or to convene the meeting, any interested party may apply to the courts for the appointment of an agent to convene the General Meeting, for the purpose of making the appointments or ratifying the appointments provided for in the third paragraph.
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