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Article R223-20-1 of the French Commercial code

In order to guarantee, with a view to the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the identification and effective participation in the meeting of shareholders attending by videoconference or telecommunication means, these means transmit at least the voice of the participants and comply with technical characteristics allowing continuous and simultaneous retransmission of the deliberations.

Companies whose articles of association allow members to vote at meetings by electronic means of telecommunication shall set up a site exclusively for that purpose. Members may only access this site after identifying themselves by means of a code provided prior to the meeting.

Members may only take part in discussions by telephone conference and exercise their voting rights after identifying themselves by means of a code provided prior to the meeting.

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Article R223-20-1

Afin de garantir, en vue de l’application du troisième alinéa de l’article L. 223-27, l’identification et la participation effective à l’assemblée des associés y participant par des moyens de visioconférence ou de télécommunication, ces moyens transmettent au moins la voix des participants et satisfont à des caractéristiques techniques permettant la retransmission continue et simultanée des délibérations.


Les sociétés dont les statuts permettent aux associés de voter aux assemblées par des moyens électroniques de télécommunication aménagent un site exclusivement consacré à cette fin. Les associés ne peuvent accéder à ce site qu’après s’être identifiés au moyen d’un code fourni préalablement à la tenue de l’assemblée.


Les associés ne peuvent participer aux débats par conférence téléphonique et exercer leurs droits de vote qu’après s’être identifiés au moyen d’un code fourni préalablement à la tenue de l’assemblée.

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