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Article L225-90 of the French Commercial code

Without prejudice to the liability of the party concerned, the agreements referred to in Article L. 225-86 and entered into without the prior authorisation of the Supervisory Board may be cancelled if they have had harmful consequences for the company.

An action for nullity shall be barred after three years from the date of the agreement. However, if the agreement was concealed, the starting point of the limitation period is postponed to the day on which it was revealed.

Nullity may be covered by a vote of the general meeting acting on a special report by the statutory auditors or, if no statutory auditors have been appointed, by the chairman of the board of directors setting out the circumstances as a result of which the authorisation procedure was not followed. The fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-88 is applicable.

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Article L225-90

Sans préjudice de la responsabilité de l’intéressé, les conventions visées à l’article L. 225-86 et conclues sans autorisation préalable du conseil de surveillance peuvent être annulées si elles ont eu des conséquences dommageables pour la société.

L’action en nullité se prescrit par trois ans à compter de la date de la convention. Toutefois, si la convention a été dissimulée, le point de départ du délai de prescription est reporté au jour où elle a été révélée.

La nullité peut être couverte par un vote de l’assemblée générale intervenant sur rapport spécial des commissaires aux comptes ou, s’il n’en a pas été désigné, du président du conseil d’administration exposant les circonstances en raison desquelles la procédure d’autorisation n’a pas été suivie. Le quatrième alinéa de l’article L. 225-88 est applicable.

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