Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

The proposed transfer to another Member State of the European Community of the registered office of a société européenne registered in France, as provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s shares are admitted to…

The provisions of article R. 210-11 do not apply to the transfer of the registered office of a European Company registered in France to another Member State of the European Community.

The decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting taken pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 229-2 is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its shares are not all in registered form. This…

Shareholders’ objections and requests for redemption, as provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 229-2, are lodged within one month of the last date of publication prescribed by article R. 229-5. The company shall be notified of any such changes by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

The company shall send each of the shareholders mentioned in the previous article, within fifteen days of receipt of their request, a buyback offer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The price offered by the company to shareholders holding shares of the same class must be identical. This offer shall include the price offered per share and the proposed method of payment, as well as the period during which…

Any dispute over the price offered shall be brought before the court in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is located, within the period mentioned in the third paragraph of article R. 229- 7. All shareholders interested in the repurchase of the shares are called upon by the company under the conditions set out in Article 331 of the Code of Civil Procedure; they shall then proceed in…

The offer to acquire the investment certificates, provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its shares are not all in registered form. This…

The bondholders’ redemption offer, provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice giving rise to two successive insertions, at least ten days apart, in two legal announcement media in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s bonds are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its bonds are not all…

The objection of a non-bonding creditor, provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, must be lodged within thirty days of the last publication of the notice referred to in article R. 229-3.