A cross-border merger is the operation whereby one or more sociétés par actions or sociétés à responsabilité limitée having their registered office in France merge with one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 2119 of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company law and governed by the law of one or more other Member States of the European Union under the conditions laid down by the provisions of this Subsection as well as those of Section 1 of this Chapter which do not conflict with them.