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Article L1524-5-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Local elected representatives who hold the position of member or chairman of the board of directors, managing director, deputy managing director, chairman and managing director, member of the management board, member or chairman of the supervisory board, chairman or manager of a company or director or member of the assembly of an economic interest grouping in which the local semi-public company holds a stake may only receive remuneration or special…

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Article L1524-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When a local authority or group of local authorities has granted its guarantee for loans contracted by a local semi-public company, it has the right, provided that it is not a shareholder directly represented on the board of directors or supervisory board, to be represented at the local semi-public company by a special delegate appointed from among its members by the deliberative assembly of the local authority or group. The…

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Article L1524-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

By way of derogation from article L. 225-218 of the French Commercial Code, local semi-public companies are required to appoint at least one statutory auditor. This obligation also applies to companies controlled, within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of the same code, by local semi-public companies. In the absence of such an obligation for non-controlled companies, the shareholder local authorities and groupings may make the agreement required pursuant to…

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Article L1525-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d’économie mixte locales, provided they do not change their corporate purpose; 2°…

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Article L1525-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The provisions of this Title shall not apply: 1° To sociétés anonymes d’habitations à loyer modéré and sociétés de crédit immobilier referred to in Articles L. 422-2 and L. 422-4 du code de la construction et de l’habitation, in whose capital participate, pursuant to article L. 431-4 (3°) of the same code, departments or municipalities; 2° Regional or inter-regional finance companies and regional development companies in whose capital, pursuant to…

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