Telephone marketing, reporting obligations and business operations

Newsletter No. 24 - Business Law - August 2015 Contents LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY NEWS Telephone Solicitation Decree of May 19, 2015 Simplifying Business Life Decree of May 18, 2015 Simplifying...

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...

Telemarketing

The Hamon Law extended consumers' right to opt out of telemarketing calls from all businesses, not just those participating in the Pacitel scheme. Failure to comply can result in a fine of up to €15,000 for the business...

Business Law – Case Law (May to July 2015)

Companies in difficulty 1. Extension of proceedings – Characterization of abnormal financial relationships 2. Declaration of claim – calculation of interest 3. Role of the judge in disputes over claims 4. Appeal against the admission of a claim 5. Action for compensation by employees 6. Liquidation ...