Article 422-141 into force since 21 December 2013

The merger, demerger or absorption project shall be lodged with the clerk of the commercial tribunal with jurisdiction for the head office of the companies in question.

The executive board or board of directors of each of the companies in question shall supply the project to the statutory auditors of each company or open-ended real estate investment company concerned no later than forty-five days prior to the open- ended real estate investment companies' extraordinary general meetings at which a vote on the transaction is to be held, or the date set by the executive board or the board of directors of the asset management company for the real estate investment funds in question. The transaction shall be carried out by the executive boards or boards of directors of the open-ended real estate investment companies in question, or the real estate investment funds' management companies, under the control of the statutory auditors of the open-ended real estate investment companies in question. The statutory auditors' reports specified in Article R. 214-126 of the Monetary and Financial Code shall be made available to holders no later than eight days before the date set by the extraordinary general meetings or, in the case of real estate investment funds, by the asset management company or companies.