A cross-border partial contribution of assets is the transaction whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée with its registered office in France participates in a transaction for the contribution of part of the assets and, where applicable, liabilities with one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 160b 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.
This transaction is subject to the provisions of this sub-section and those of sub-section 2 of this section and those of section 3 of this chapter which are not contrary to them.
Where the first paragraph is applied, the draft terms referred to in Article L. 236-6 may provide that the units or shares of the company transferring part of its assets, of the beneficiary company or companies, or of both the company transferring part of its assets and the beneficiary company or companies representing the consideration for the transfer, will be allocated directly to the members of the company transferring part of its assets under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.