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Article L225-43 of the French Commercial code

Under penalty of nullity of the contract, directors other than legal entities are prohibited from contracting loans from the company in any form whatsoever, from being granted an overdraft by the company, whether on a current account or otherwise, and from having their commitments to third parties guaranteed or endorsed by the company.

However, if the company operates a banking or financial establishment, this prohibition does not apply to current transactions in this business entered into on normal terms.

The same prohibition applies to the Chief Executive Officer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officers and the permanent representatives of corporate directors. It also applies to the spouse, ascendants and descendants of the persons referred to in this article and to any interposed person.

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Article L225-43

A peine de nullité du contrat, il est interdit aux administrateurs 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.

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

La même interdiction s’applique au directeur général, aux directeurs généraux délégués et aux représentants permanents des personnes morales administrateurs. Elle s’applique également aux conjoint, ascendants et descendants des personnes visées au présent article ainsi qu’à toute personne interposée.

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