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Article L233-5-1 of the French Commercial code

The decision by which a company which owns more than half the capital of another company within the meaning of Article L. 233-1, which has a holding within the meaning of Article L. 233-2 or which exercises control over a company within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 undertakes to assume, in the event of the failure of the related company, all or part of the preventive and remedial obligations incumbent on the latter pursuant to Articles L. 162-1 to L. 162-9 of the Environment Code is subject, depending on the form of the company, to the procedure mentioned in articles L. 223-19, L. 225-38, L. 225-86, L. 226-10 or L. 227-10 of this code.

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Article L233-5-1

La décision par laquelle une société qui possède plus de la moitié du capital d’une autre société au sens de l’article L. 233-1, qui détient une participation au sens de l’article L. 233-2 ou qui exerce le contrôle sur une société au sens de l’article L. 233-3 s’engage à prendre à sa charge, en cas de défaillance de la société qui lui est liée, tout ou partie des obligations de prévention et de réparation qui incombent à cette dernière en application des articles L. 162-1 à L. 162-9 du code de l’environnement est soumise, selon la forme de la société, à la procédure mentionnée aux articles L. 223-19, L. 225-38, L. 225-86, L. 226-10 ou L. 227-10 du présent code.

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