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Article R611-51 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The terms of remuneration for the assignment, the purpose of which is to organise a partial or total sale of the company, are set after consultation with the public prosecutor. The president of the court sets the remuneration at the end of the assignment. His decision is communicated by the court clerk to the public prosecutor. The provisions of article R. 611-50 are applicable. When the assignment prepared as part…

Article R611-52 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The decision which provides for the benefit of provisions to the agent for the execution of the agreement, pursuant to Article R. 611-47, may specify that they will be allocated at the end of each of the years of the execution of the agreement. The annual amount of the advance shall be set by order communicated by the Registrar to the Public Prosecutor.

Article R612-1 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity, mentioned in article L. 612-1, are required to draw up annual accounts and to appoint at least one statutory auditor and one alternate auditor when, at the end of the calendar year or at the close of the financial year, they exceed the figures set out below for two of the three following criteria: 1° Fifty for the number of employees;…

Article R612-2 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The annual accounts comprise a balance sheet, an income statement and notes to the accounts. They are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and methods defined in articles L. 123-12 et seq. and articles R. 123-172 to R. 123-208 made for their application, subject to the adaptations made necessary by the legal form or the nature of the activity of these legal entities. The charts of accounts applicable to…

Article R612-3 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

Non-trading private-law legal entities with an economic activity which, at the end of the calendar year or at the close of the financial year, have three hundred or more employees or whose turnover excluding tax or resources is equal to or greater than 18,000,000 euros, are required to draw up the documents mentioned in Article L. 612-2. These criteria are defined in accordance with the provisions of article R. 612-1….

Article R612-4 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

When the statutory auditor implements the warning procedure provided for in Article L. 612-3, the provisions of articles R. 234-1 et seq if the legal person has a collegiate body responsible for administration distinct from the body responsible for management, or articles R. 234-5 et seq in other cases. For the application of these two provisions, the president of the competent court is that of the judicial court.

Article D612-5 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The amount referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-4 is set at €153,000.

Article R612-6 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The report referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-5 contains: 1° A list of the agreements subject to approval by the decision-making body or attached to the documents sent to members in the absence of a decision-making body; 2° The names of the directors involved or the persons involved acting as corporate officers; 3° The designation of the person who entered into an agreement under the conditions…

Article R612-7 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

When the report is drawn up by the statutory auditor, the legal representative of the legal entity shall notify the statutory auditor of the agreements referred to in article L. 612-5 within one month of the conclusion of said agreements.

Article R621-1 of the French Commercial code

November 5, 2023

The application to open safeguard proceedings is filed by the legal representative of the legal entity or by the individual debtor at the registry of the competent court. It sets out the nature of the difficulties it is encountering and the reasons why it is unable to overcome them. It states whether it undertakes to draw up the inventory under the conditions provided for in article L. 622-6-1 as well…

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Article R611-51 of the French Commercial code

Article R611-52 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-1 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-2 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-3 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-4 of the French Commercial code

Article D612-5 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-6 of the French Commercial code

Article R612-7 of the French Commercial code

Article R621-1 of the French Commercial code

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