Consumer disputes
Ordinance No. 2015-1033 of August 20, 2015, transposes Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes into French law. A new section, entitled "Mediation of Consumer Disputes," is thus added to Book 1 of the Consumer Code. Scope of application...
Public limited companies: minimum number of shareholders
The law simplifying business life authorized the government to take measures by decree to reduce the minimum number of shareholders in unlisted public limited companies and to adapt...
Employees on boards of directors
The 2013 Employment Security Act mandated the appointment of employee representatives to the boards of directors of certain companies. This primarily concerns public limited companies with a board of directors or a management board and supervisory board. These companies...
Simplification of companies' reporting obligations
Ordinance No. 2015-682 of June 18, 2015, concerning the simplification of employers' social security declarations, was issued pursuant to Law No. 2014-1545 of December 20, 2014, relating to the simplification of business operations, which authorized the government to take measures to simplify...
Simplifying business life
Decree No. 2015-545 of May 18, 2015, issued pursuant to Ordinance No. 2014-863 of July 31, 2014, relating to company law, adopted pursuant to Article 3 of Law No. 2014-1 of January 2, 2014, authorizing the Government to simplify and secure business operations, is structured around three...
Prior notification of employees in the event of the transfer of shares or a business
The system for informing employees prior to any transfer of a business, company shares, stock or securities giving access to a majority of the capital, established by the law relating to the social economy...