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    Dématérialiser ses registres d’entreprises

    Decrees No. 2019-1118 of 31 October 2019 concerning the dematerialisation of minutes and minute books and No. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018 concerning the dematerialisation of securities movement registers have enabled the dematerialisation of these registers for companies. Their compliance is based on (i) electronic time-stamping (probative guarantee) and (ii) eIDAS-certified advanced electronic signature(C.com. art. […]

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    New threshold for Supervisory Board functions to be exercised by a single person in Sociétés Anonymes (public limited companies)

    New threshold for Supervisory Board functions to be exercised by a single person in Sociétés Anonymes (public limited companies) In accordance with Article L225-58 of the French Commercial Code, “In sociétés anonymes whose capital is less than a threshold set by decree, the functions vested in the Management Board may be performed by a single […]

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    Reform of Nullities in Company Law: Nullity of Corporate Decisions and SAS Articles of Association

    Ordinance no. 2025-229 of March 12, 2025 on the reform of nullities in company law comes into force on October 1 and amends the system of nullities in company law, in particular the nullity of corporate decisions in SAS companies. Article 1844-10 of the French Civil Code, amended by the reform, makes the nullity of […]

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    Declaration and Regular Verification of Beneficial Owners under penalty of Automatic Deregistration

    Act no. 2025-532 of June 13, 2025 amended the system of penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and update information relating to beneficial owners, adding to the criminal penalties a mechanism for automatic deregistration if the company fails to meet its obligations within 3 months of a formal notice from the registrar or […]

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    Personal addresses of directors and partners are not disclosed in the trade and companies register

    Decree no. 2025-840 of August 22, 2025, which came into force on August 25, 2025, on the protection of information relating to the domicile of certain natural persons entered in the Trade and Companies Register (“RCS”), provides for the deletion from the RCS of the personal addresses of the natural persons referred to in article […]