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Article L238-3 of the French Commercial code

The public prosecutor as well as any interested person may request the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, if necessary under penalty, the legal representative of a limited liability company, a public limited company, a public limited company with worker participation, a simplified joint stock company, a European company or a partnership limited by shares to include on all deeds and documents emanating from the…

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Article L238-3-1 of the French Commercial code

Any interested party may apply to the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings for an order, subject to a fine, requiring companies using the acronym “SE” in their company name in breach of the provisions of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) to change that company name.

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Article L238-4 of the French Commercial code

Any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, subject to a fine, the chairman of the management and administrative bodies to transcribe the minutes of these meetings in a special register kept at the registered office.

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Article L238-5 of the French Commercial code

Any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, subject to a fine, the president of the general meeting of shareholders or bondholders to transcribe the minutes of these meetings in a special register kept at the registered office.

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Article L238-6 of the French Commercial code

If the special meeting of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings may, at the request of any shareholder, enjoin the managers or the chairman of the board of directors or the management board, subject to a fine, to convene the meeting or appoint an agent to convene the…

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Article L238-7 of the French Commercial code

Any person may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, if necessary under penalty, the board of directors, the management board, the managers, the legal representative of the company in France or the person with the power to bind it there, as the case may be, to draw up, publish or make available the report relating to the tax on profits referred to in Articles…

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Article L239-1 of the French Commercial code

The Articles of Association may provide that the shares of sociétés par actions or the corporate units of sociétés à responsabilité limitée subject to corporation tax by operation of law or by option may be leased, within the meaning of the provisions of Article 1709 of the Civil Code, for the benefit of an individual. Share leases may only relate to registered securities that cannot be traded on a regulated…

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Article L239-2 of the French Commercial code

The lease contract is recorded in a notarial or private deed subject to the registration procedure. On pain of nullity, it includes particulars, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. It is made enforceable against the company in the forms provided for in Article 1690 of the Civil Code. The delivery of the shares or units is made on the date on which, in the…

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Article L239-3 of the French Commercial code

The legal or statutory provisions providing for the approval of the transferee of shares or corporate units are applicable under the same conditions to the lessee. The voting right attached to the leased share or corporate unit belongs to the lessor at meetings ruling on amendments to the company’s articles of association or change of nationality, and to the lessee at other meetings. For the exercise of the other rights…

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