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Article L241-2 of the French Commercial code

It shall be punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for managers to issue, directly or through an intermediary, on behalf of the company any securities whatsoever with the exception of bonds issued under the conditions determined by Article L. 223-11.

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Article L241-3 of the French Commercial code

It is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° The fact, for any person, of fraudulently causing a contribution in kind to be valued higher than its actual value; 2° The fact, for managers, of distributing fictitious dividends among shareholders, in the absence of an inventory or by means of fraudulent inventories; 3° The fact that the managing partners, even in the absence of any…

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Article L242-1 of the French Commercial code

A fine of €150,000 shall be imposed on the founders, chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company for issuing or trading in shares or share fractions without at least half of the cash shares having been paid up on subscription or without the contributed shares having been paid up in full before the company is registered in the Trade and Companies Register. The penalty provided for in…

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Article L242-6 of the French Commercial code

It shall be punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros for: 1° The chairman, directors or managing directors of a société anonyme to distribute fictitious dividends among the shareholders, in the absence of an inventory, or by means of fraudulent inventories ; 2° The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company to publish or present to shareholders, even in the absence of any…

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