Translation of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies in force as from 16 January 2017

Me Philippe Hoss has now updated his translation of company law to reflect the changes brought about by the Law  of 23 July 2016 creating the société à responsabilité limitée simplifiée (simplified private limited liability company) which entered into force on 16 January 2017 and the Law of 23 July 2016 regarding the publication of non-financial information and information on diversity by certain major companies and certain groups, which will apply to financial years starting on or after 1 January 2017.

Via this link you can access this document which includes an updated version of the English translation of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies as well as of  extracts of the Law of 19 December 2002 on the trade and companies register and the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings, the Law of 24 May 2011 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders at general meetings of listed companies and extracts of the Civil Code and the Criminal Code in relation to companies.

This translation includes selected explanatory notes and references to EU Directive sources.

A French version of this compilation is also available on our website.

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