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Article L236-43 of the French Commercial code

The registrar of the court within whose jurisdiction the company resulting from the cross-border merger is to be registered shall, within a period to be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, verify the legality of the completion of the cross-border merger and, where applicable, of the formation of the new company resulting from the cross-border merger.

The registrar shall, in particular, verify that the merging companies have approved the draft terms of merger in the same terms and that the arrangements for employee participation have been determined in accordance with Title VII of Book III of Part Two of the Labour Code.
In particular, it checks that the merging companies have approved the draft terms of merger in the same terms and that the arrangements for employee profit-sharing have been determined in accordance with Title VII of Book III of Part Two of the Labour Code.

At the end of its review, the Registrar is required to report to the Board of Directors.
On completion of its scrutiny, the Registrar shall notify the company resulting from the merger of the decision whereby, where it finds that the cross-border merger complies with the conditions and procedures verified pursuant to this Article, it approves the transaction or, where it finds that those conditions and procedures are not complied with, the decision whereby it disapproves it.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L236-43

Le greffier du tribunal dans le ressort duquel la société issue de la fusion sera immatriculée contrôle, dans un délai fixé par décret en Conseil d’Etat, la légalité de la réalisation de la fusion transfrontalière et, le cas échéant, de la constitution de la société nouvelle issue de la fusion transfrontalière.


Il contrôle en particulier que les sociétés qui fusionnent ont approuvé un projet de fusion dans les mêmes termes et que les modalités relatives à la participation des salariés ont été fixées conformément au titre VII du livre III de la deuxième partie du code du travail.


Au terme de son contrôle, le greffier communique à la société issue de la fusion la décision par laquelle, lorsqu’il constate que la fusion transfrontalière respecte les conditions et procédures vérifiées en application du présent article, il approuve l’opération ou, lorsqu’il constate que ces conditions et procédures ne sont pas respectées, la décision par laquelle il la désapprouve.

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