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Article L236-36 of the French Commercial code

The management, administrative or executive body of each of the companies involved in the cross-border merger shall draw up a written report which shall be made available to the members.

The report referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall be given to the members of the staff delegation or, failing that, to the employees themselves, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

Without prejudice to the last paragraph of Article L. 225-105 of this Code, the opinion of the social and economic committee consulted pursuant to Article L. 2312-8 of the Labour Code shall, if submitted within a period set by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, be appended to the report referred to in the first paragraph of this Article.

The report referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall be submitted to the members of the staff delegation or, failing that, to the employees themselves.
The report referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall be published after the opinion issued by the staff representative bodies consulted pursuant to articles L. 2312-8 and, where applicable, L. 2341-4 of the Labour Code.

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Article L236-36

L’organe de gestion, d’administration ou de direction de chacune des sociétés participant à la fusion transfrontalière établit un rapport écrit qui est mis à la disposition des associés.


Le rapport mentionné au premier alinéa du présent article est remis aux membres de la délégation du personnel ou, à défaut, des salariés eux-mêmes, dans les conditions prévues par décret en Conseil d’Etat.


Sans préjudice du dernier alinéa de l’article L. 225-105 du présent code, l’avis du comité social et économique consulté en application de l’article L. 2312-8 du code du travail est, s’il est transmis dans un délai fixé par décret en Conseil d’Etat, annexé au rapport mentionné au premier alinéa du présent article.


Le rapport mentionné au premier alinéa du présent article est publié postérieurement à l’avis rendu par les instances représentatives du personnel consultées en application des articles L. 2312-8 et, le cas échéant, L. 2341-4 du code du travail.

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