Foreword for the 2nd Edition
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Foreword for the 3rd Edition
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Foreword for the 4th Edition
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§ 1. SUBJECT AND SOURCES OF CORPORATE LAW, CONCEPT OF COMPANY (PARTNERSHIP), ITS DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION
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I. SUBJECT AND SOURCES OF CORPORATE LAW
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A. Subject of Corporate Law
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B. Sources of the Corporate Law
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II. CONCEPT OF CORPORATION
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III. DEFINITION AND COMPONENTS OF CORPORATION
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B. Components of Corporation
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1. Component of Person (Partner)
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2. Component of Agreement
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3. Component of Shared (Common) Purpose
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4. Component of Capital
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5. Component of Affectio Societatis (Principle of Actively Working Towards a Common Purpose)
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IV. CLASSIFICATION OF COMPANIES
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A. Companies with Legal Personality – Companies without Legal Personality
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1. Companies with Legal Personality
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2. Companies without Legal Personality
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B. Partnership Companies – Equity Companies
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1. Partnership Companies
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C. Partnerships According to Their Capital Structures
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1. Fixed Capital Partnerships
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2. Registered Capital Partnerships
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3. Variable Capital Partnerships
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D. Companies Whose Partners Rely on the Unlimited Liability Principle – Companies That Are Based on the Limited Liability Principle
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E. Companies According to Their Partners with Simple and Joint Liability
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§ 2. ORDINARY PARTNERSHIP
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II. INCORPORATION OF ORDINARY PARTNERSHIP
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A. Articles of Association and Form
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III. SHARING LOSS AND PROFIT
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IV. ADMINISTRATION OF ORDINARY PARTNERSHIP
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B. Management of the Company Regarding Ordinary and Extraordinary Affairs
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C. Relationships Between the Managing Partners and Other Partners and Specifically the Obligation of the Managing Partner to be Accountable and Pay the Dividends
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D. EliminationLimitation of the Power to Manage
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V. RELATIONSHIP OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN PARTNERS
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VI. AUDITING IN ORDINARY PARTNERSHIPS
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VII. CHANGES AMONG PARTNERS AND IN THE STRUCTURE OF COMPANY
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A. Including New Partners and Sub Participation
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B. Leaving Company and Exclusion from Company
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2. Liquidation of Company’s Shares
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3. Insufficiency of Company’s Assets and Fate of Uncompleted Works
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VIII. REPRESENTATION OF ORDINARY PARTENRSHIP – RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THIRD PERSONS
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IX. TERMINATION OF ORDINARY PARTENRSHIP
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B. Reasons for Automatic Termination
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1. Realization of the Purpose Set out in the Articles of AssociationIt Becomes Impossible to Realize That Purpose
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2. Death of a Partner if There is No Provision in the Articles of Association for Maintaining the Company with the Inheritors
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3. Converting the Liquidation Dividend of a Partner into Money, BankruptcyLimitation of One of the Partners
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a. Converting the Liquidation Dividend of One of the Partners into Money by Compulsory Execution
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b. Bankruptcy of One of the Partners
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c. Limitation of One of the Partners
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4. Expiration of the Term Determined for the Company
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C. Reasons for Willful Termination (Dissolution)
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1. Unanimous Decision of All Partners
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2. Termination of the Company by a Unilateral Right of Termination
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3. Terminating the Company by a Court Decision based on a Justifiable Termination
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X. LIQUIDATION OF ORDINARY PARTNERSHIP
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XI. STATUTE OF LIMITATION
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§ 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING TRADING CORPORATIONS
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I. TYPES OF TRADING CORPORATIONS
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II. CAPABILITIES OF TRADING CORPORATIONS
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III. PROVISIONS TO BE APPLIED FOR TRADING CORPORATIONS
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IV. CAPITAL IN TRADING CORPORATIONS
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B. Types of Capital That May Be Introduced Into Trading Corporations
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C. Performance of Liability to Introduce Capital
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1. Performance of Liability to Introduce Cash Capital
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2. Performance of Liability to Introduce Capital in Kind
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3. Performance of Liability to Introduce Labor Capital
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D. Partners’ Right to Request Interest and Fees
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V. MERGER IN THE TRADING CORPORATIONS
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A. Concept and Principles
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B. Legal Limits of Merger
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C. Protection of Partners and Creditors in the Merger
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1. Protection of Shares and Rights of the Partnership
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2. Separation Provision
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3. Increase of Capital
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D. Merger Procedure (Stages of Merger)
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1. Preparation of Merger Agreement
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3. Right of Examination and Announcement
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4. Notification of Changes in Assets
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6. Registration and Announcement of the Merger Decision
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E. Outcomes of the Merger
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1. Transition without Liquidation
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2. Liability for the Debts Incurred before the Merger
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3. Protection of Creditors
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4. Protection of Employees
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VI. DEMERGER IN TRADING CORPORATIONS
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A. Concept and Principles
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C. Legal Limits of Demerger
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D. Demerger Procedure (Stages of Demerger)
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2. Interim Financial Statement
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3. Demerger Agreement and Demerger Plan
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5. Right of Examination
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b. Quorum of the General Assembly Regarding the Demerger Procedure
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7. Registration in Trade Registry
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VII. CHANGE OF TYPE IN TRADING CORPORATIONS
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A. Concept and Principles
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B. Changes of Type that are Permitted in the TCC.
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C. Protection of Company’s Shares and Rights in Change of Type
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D. Procedure for Change of Type (Stages of Change of Type)
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1. Performance of the Incorporation and Preparation of the Financial Statement
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2. Plan for Change of Type
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3. Report for Change of Type
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4. Partners’ Right of Examination
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5. Decision of the General Assembly Regarding Change of Type
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6. Registration and Announcement
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VIII. COMMON PROVISIONS REGARDING MERGER, DEMERGER AND CHANGE OF TYPE
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A. Filing an Action for Examining Partnership Interests and Partnership Rights
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B. Filing an Action for Annulment of Merger, Demerger and Change of Type and Consequences of Deficiencies
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B. Cases of Creating Controlling and Affiliate Companies
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1. By the Control Tools
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2. By Establishing Control through an Agreement
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3. Presumption of Controlling Company
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4. Possibility of Forming another Independent Controlling Company
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C. Possibility of Forming a Controlling Company through Reciprocal Shareholding
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1. Calculation of Shares and Voting Rates
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2. Notification (Explanation), Registration and Announcement Obligations
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3. Reports of the Subsidiaries and Controlling Companies
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4. Obtaining Information Regarding Subsidiaries
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5. Liabilities of Controlling Company
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V. AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTRY OF CUSTOMS AND TRADE REGARDING TRADING CORPORATIONS
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§ 4. GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS (Collective Companies)
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B. Definition and Components
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a. Component of Person (Partner)
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b. Component of Purpose
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e. Unlimited Liability
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II. INCORPORATION OF GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
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A. Preparation of Articles of Association of the General partnership and its Approval by the Notary PublicPerforming the Approval of Signatures at the Directorates of Trade Registry
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1. Form of Articles of Association
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2. Contents of Articles of Association
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a. Mandatory Entries that are supposed to be Present in Articles of Association
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b. Other Entries that May Be Placed in Articles of Association
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B. Notary Public’s ApprovalPlacing Signatures in the Presence of the Director of Trade Registry
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C. Registration and Announcement
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III. PARTICIPATION OF PARTNERS INTO PROFIT AND LOSS AND THEIR VOTING RIGHTS
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A. Participation of Partners into Profit and Loss
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B. Rule Regarding Voting Rights
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IV. MANAGEMENT, REPRESENTATION AND AUDIT
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1. Authorized Managers
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2. Revoking Management Authority
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3. Acting Individually and Collectively in Company Management
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1. Authorized Representatives
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b. Appointment of Representative/s
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2. Scope, Limitation and Termination of Power of Representation
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a. Scope and Limitation of Power
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bb. Limitation (Co–signature, Branch Businesses and Limited Power)
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b. Termination of the Power
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3. Legal Outcomes of Representation
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V. PROHIBITION OF COMPETITION
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VI. LEGAL STATUS OF CREDITORS REQUESTING RECEIVABLES FROM GENERAL PARTNERSHIP / PARTNERS’ LIABILITIES
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IX. CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE
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B. Inclusion of a New Partner into the Company
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C. Leaving the Company
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2. Leaving the Company
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3. Leaving the Company by Transferring Shares
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4. Exclusion of one Partner from the Company
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5. Death of a Partner
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D. Legal Consequences of Leaving the Company
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1. Registration and Announcement
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3. Payment of Separation Provision
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X. TERMINATION OF GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
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B. Cases for Company’s Abolishment
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C. Cases for Company’s Dissolution
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XI. LIQUIDATION OF GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
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B. Appointment and Dismissal of Liquidators
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1. Appointment of Liquidators
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2. Dismissal of Liquidators
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C. Liquidation Procedures
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D. Erasure of Company’s Registration from the Trade Registry
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§ 5. (ORDINARY) LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
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I. GENERAL INFORMATION AND COMPARISON WITH GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS
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II. DEFINITION AND COMPONENTS OF LIMITED COMPANY
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2. Commercial Establishment
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III. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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A. Issuance of the Articles of Association
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B. Notary Public’s ApprovalPlacing Signatures before the Director of Trade Registry
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C. Registration and Announcement in the Trade Registry
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III. TYPES OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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A. Ordinary Limited Partnership
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B. Limited Partnership in which the Capital is divided into Shares
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IV. OPERATION OF THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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A. Management of the Company
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B. Representation of the Company
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C. Auditing in the Limited Partnerships
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V. LIMITATIONS REGARDING COMPETITION
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VI. PARTICIPATION OF PARTNERS INTO PROFIT AND LOSS, TRANSFER AND SUCCESSION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
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A. Participation of Partners into Profit and Loss
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B. Transfer and Succession of Partnership Interests
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VII. PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY WHICH THE PARTNERS ARE SUBJECT TO
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A. Liability of Active Partners
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B. Liability of Silent Partners
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2. Exceptions (Cases Where Silent Partners Liabilities Are Expanded)
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a. Placing the Name and Last Name of Silent Partner in the Company’s Commercial Title
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b. Conducting Procedures in Representation of the Company
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c. Performing Procedures before Registration of the Company
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d. The Case where the Valuation of Capital is against Reality
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e. The Case where the Silent Partner Makes a Commitment
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VI. TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
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§ 6. INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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II. DEFINITION AND COMPONENTS
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1. Component of Partner (Person)
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2. Component of Written Articles of Association
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3. Component of Purpose and Subject Matter
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4. Component of Commercial Title
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5. Component of Capital
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6. Component of Limited Liability
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7. Component of Legal Personality
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III. GENERAL GOVERNING PRINCIPLES OF INCORPORATED COMPANIES AND THE PRINCIPLE OF STATE SUPERVISION OVER INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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A. General Governing Principles of Incorporated Companies
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1. Majority Principle
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2. Principle of Having Rights in the Percentage of Contribution into the Capital
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3. Principle of Protection of Assets
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4. Principle of Disclosure (Transparency)
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5. Principle of External Auditing
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6. Principle of Managing a Foreign Asset
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7. Principle of Equal Treatment
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B. Principle of State Supervision over Incorporated Companies
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2. ment of the Ministry’s Permission for Incorporation and Changes in Articles of Association
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3. Representation of Public Legal Entities in the Board of Directors
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IV. CLASSIFICATION OF THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES AS THOSE THAT ARE PUBLIC AND NON–PUBLIC COMPANIES
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B. Non–Public (Non–Public Type) Incorporated Companies
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C. Public Incorporated Companies
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V. INCORPORATION OF INCORPORATED COMPANY
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A. Moment of Incorporation (Preliminary Incorporated Company)
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B. Incorporation Documents
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D. Types of Incorporation
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1. Immediate Incorporation
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2. Incorporation by the Condition of Public Offering
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E. Preparation of the Articles of Association and Approval of the Signatures by the Notary Publicthe Signature of the Articles of Association in the Presence of the DirectorVice Director of the Trade Registry
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F. Valuation of Capital in Kind
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G. Payment of Share Prices
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H. Interests of Founders
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I. Ministry’s Permission, if Necessary
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J. Registration and Announcement of the Company
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K. Possibility of Lawsuit for Annulment
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VI. ORGANS OF THE INCORPORATED COMPANY
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2. Duties and Powers of the General Assembly
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3. General Assembly Meetings
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aa. Ordinary General Assembly Meeting
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bb. Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting
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c. Those Who Have the Power and Right to Attend the Meeting
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d. Call for General Assembly Meeting
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aa. Those who are authorized to make the Call
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aaa. Board of Directors
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bb. Form and Time of the Call
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cc. General Assembly Meeting without the Call
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aa. General Rule: Adherence to the Agenda Principle
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bb. Exceptions of Adherence to the Agenda Principle
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aa. List of Attendees
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bb. Chairmanship of the Meeting (Chairmanship Council) and Internal Directive
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aaa. Chairmanship of the Meeting
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bbb. Internal Directive
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ii. Principles Regarding Internal Directive
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iii. Matters That Would Take Place in Internal Directive as a Minimum
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iv. Application of Internal Directive’s Provisions
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cc. Adjournment of the Meeting and Minutes of Meeting of the General Assembly
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aaa. Adjournment of the Meeting
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bbb. Minutes of General Assembly Meetings
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dd. Electronic General Assembly
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ee. Quorums for the General Assembly Meetings and Decisions
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aaa. In General Terms
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bbb. Ordinary (Simple) Quorum for Meetings and Decisions (Rule)
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ccc. Meeting and Decision Quorums Sought in the Changes of Articles of Association
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i. In Ordinary Changes of the Articles of Association
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ii. Special Articles of Association Change
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iia. Special Cases for Changes of Articles of Association where Unanimous Vote is sought
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iib. Special Cases for Changes of Articles of Association where Participation of At Least Seventy Five Percent of the Capital is d
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4. Nullity of the General Assembly Decisions: Cases for Cancellation, Nullity and Invalidity
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aa. Reasons for Cancellation
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bb. Persons Who May File the Suit for Cancellation
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b. Cases for Nullity and Invalidity
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c. Common Provisions Regarding Cancellation and Nullity Sanctions
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C. Board of Directors
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2. Responsibilities and Powers of the Board of Directors
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3. Special Responsibilities and Powers of the Board of Directors
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a. Responsibilities in Cases of Loss of Capital and over indebtedness
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b. Power to Request Concordat
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c. Responsibilities and Powers Regarding Early Determination and Management of the Risk
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4. Membership of the Board of Directors
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a. Conditions of Membership
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5. Qualifications of the Members of the Board of Directors
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a. Being a RealLegal Person
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b. Being Fully Competent
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c. Not Having Any Obstacle for being elected
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d. Having the Qualifications Set Out in the Articles of Association
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6. Election of Members, Representation of Groups and Terms of Office
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a. Election of Members
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b. Representation of Groups in the Board of Directors
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7. Rights and Responsibilities of the Members of the Board of Directors
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aa. Administrative Rights
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aaa. Participating into Management
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bbb. Power to Represent the Company
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ccc. Right to Obtain Information and Examine
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ccc. Getting a Share of the Profit
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ddd. Premium and Bonus
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aa. Responsibility of Management and Supervision
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bb. Obligation of Care and Loyalty
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cc. Obligation of Not Carrying Out Transactions with the Company (Prohibition of Carrying Out Transactions with the Company)
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dd. Prohibition of Borrowing in the Company
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ee. Prohibition of Competition
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ff. Prohibition of Attending Deliberation
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gg. Obligation of Equal Treatment
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8. Decision Making Mechanism of the Board of Directors
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b. Transfer and Division of Powers of Management
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c. Quorums for Meetings and Decisions
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d. Nullity of the Decisions
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9. Representation of the Company
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b. Rule of Representation: Double Signature
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c. Limitation of the Power of Representation
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bb. Common Representation
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cc. Limitation by the Affairs of a Branch
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10. Committees and Commissions to be created by the Board of Directors
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b. Assistant Committees for the Board of Directors (Review Committees)
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bb. Financial Auditing Committee
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cc. Committee for Early Detection and Management of Risk
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dd. Committees that are Set Forth as a Necessity of Corporate Management
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11. Liability of the Members of the Board of Directors
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c. Responsibility Due to Public Debts
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d. Voluntary Insurance
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12. Termination of the Membership of the Board of Directors
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VII. EXTERNAL REVISION (AUDITING) AS A TYPE OF UPPER LEVEL SUPERVISION IN THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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B. Concepts that are Included in the Upper Level Supervision
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1. Concept of Auditing
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2. Concept of Control
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3. Concept of Revision / Investigation
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C. Subject Matter of External Revision in the Incorporated Companies
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D. Scope of External Revision (Auditing)
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E. ments of External Auditing
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F. External Reviser: Account Reviser/Auditor
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1. Election and Dismissal of External Reviser and Termination of His/her Agreement
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2. Persons Who May Become External Revisers (Auditors)
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G. Presentation Obligation of the Board of Directors and the External Reviser’s Right to Obtain Information
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H. External Revision Report and Opinion Letters
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I. Liability of the External Revisers Arising from Confidentiality Obligation
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VIII. SHARES AND SHAREHOLDING IN THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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A. Concept of Share and Its Types
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a. Ordinary Share – Privileged Share
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b. Share with Charge –Share Without Charge (Gratis)
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B. Debts and Rights of the Shareholder
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1. Shareholder’s Obligations
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a. Obligation to Pay the Share Price and the Legal Consequences of Violating the Obligation to Perform the Share Price Undertaking
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aa. Obligation to Perform the Share Price Undertaking
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bb. Legal Consequences of Violating the Obligation to Perform the Share Price Undertaking
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b. Secondary Obligations
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d. Obligation to Repay the Dividend Which Was Unjustly Obtained
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2. Shareholder’s Rights
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a. Rights Regarding Management
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aa. Right to Attend the General Assembly
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cc. Right to Obtain, Examine and Audit Information
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dd. Right to Leave the Company
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ee. Right to File a Suit for Liability
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b. Financial Rights of the Shareholder
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aa. Right of Dividend
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bb. Right of Obtaining Liquidation Dividend
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cc. Preparatory Period Interest
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dd. Right of Preemption
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ee. Right of Requesting Separation Provision in Mergers, Change of Type and Demergers, and Suit for Offsetting Request
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3. Minority Rights in the Incorporated Companies
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b. Types of Minority Rights
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aa. Negative Minority Rights
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aaa. Cases of Weighted Majority
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bbb. Preventing Compromise and Release
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bb. Positive Minority Rights
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aaa. Calling the General Assembly Meeting and the Right to Request Adding Items to the Agenda
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bbb. Requesting Appointment of Special Auditor
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ccc. Postponement of the Financial Statement Deliberations
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dd. Dismissal of Account Reviser and Filing a Suit for Appointment of a New Accounting Reviser
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ee. Right to Request Printing Registered Share Certificates
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ff. Right to Request Termination of the Company for Justifiable Reasons
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IX. SECURITIES IN THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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A. Share Certificates
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B. Transfer of Share Certificates
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1. Transfer of Bearer Share Certificates
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2. Transfer of Registered Shares and Share Certificates
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C. Limitation of Transfer (Context)
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1. Legal Limitation (Legal Context)
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2. Limitation by Articles of Association
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b. Unquoted Registered Shares
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c. Quoted Registered Shares
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D. Location of Share Ledger
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E. Other Securities Set Out by the TCC.
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2. Debt Securities and Securities Including the Right to Obtain and Change
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X. AMENDING THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
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A. Amendment of Articles of Association in General Terms
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1. Method to be Followed and Quorum
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2. Special Assembly Meeting of the Privileged Shareholders
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B. Special Amendments of Articles of Association
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1. Increasing Capital
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2. Decreasing Principal Capital
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XI. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTINGENCY RESERVES IN THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES
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2. Principles Governing Preparation of Financial Tables
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B. Annual Activity Report of Board of Directors
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C. Contingency Reserves in Incorporated Companies
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2. Purpose for Setting Forth the Contingency Reserves and their Characteristics
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3. Types of Contingency Reserve
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a. Legal Contingency Reserves
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b. Contingency Reserves that are Voluntarily Spared by the Company (Voluntary Contingency Reserves)
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aa. Contingency Reserves that are spared by the Articles of Association (Status Contingency Reserves)
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bb. Contingency Reserves that are spared by the Decision of the General Assembly
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c. Relationship between the Dividend and Contingency Reserves (Extraordinary Contingency Reserve)
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XII. PROFIT AND LIQUIDATION DIVIDEND
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B. Manner of Calculation
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C. Prohibition of Interest and Exceptions
473
E. Repayment Obligation
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XIII. TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE INCORPORATED COMPANY
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A. Termination of the Incorporated Company
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2. Cases for Involuntary Termination of the Incorporated Companies (Dissolution)
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a. Expiration of the Company’s Term
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b. By Realization of Its Subject Matter of OperationBy Its Subject Matter of Operation Becoming Impossible
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c. By Realization of Any Reason for Termination which is Set Forth in the Articles of Association
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d. By Losing Two Thirds of the Principal Capital
479
e. Transfer of Headquarters of the Incorporated Company Abroad
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3. Voluntary Termination of the Incorporated Company (Reason for Voluntary Termination – Termination by the Decision of the General Assembly)
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4. Cases for Termination of the Incorporated Company by the Decision of the Court (Cases for Dissolution by the Court Decision)
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a. Lack of Any one of the Organs of the Incorporated CompanyInability of the General Assembly to Meet
484
b. Performing ProceduresActivities against the Public Orderthe Subject Matter of the Field of Operation
484
c. Realization of One of the Reasons for Dissolution Set Forth in the Articles of Association
485
d. Deficiency in Incorporation and Contrariety against the Provisions of the Law
486
e. Company’s Purpose Becomes against the Law and the Public Morals
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f. Dissolution of the Incorporated Company for Justifiable Reasons
488
g. Termination of the Incorporated Company by Bankruptcy
489
1. Executor(s) of Liquidation
491
2. Liquidation Affairs
493
3. Outcome of Liquidation
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a. Distribution of Liquidation Outcome
496
c. Deletion of Commercial Title of the Company
497
XIV. CASES OF LEGAL LIABILITY IN THE INCORPORATED COMPANIES
498
A. General Cases of Legal Liability
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1. Contrariety of the Documents and Declarations Against the Law
498
2. Wrong Declarations Regarding Capital and Knowing Insolvency
498
3. Fraud in Valuation
499
4. Collecting Money from Public
499
B. Liabilities of Founders, Members of the Board of Directors, Managers and Liquidators
499
C. Liability of the Account Reviser (External Auditor)
500
E. Succession and Application
501
G. Statute of Limitation
502
XV. CRIMINAL LIABILITY
503
§ 7. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS IN WHICH THE CAPITAL IS DIVIDED INTO SHARES
507
I. DEION AND PROVISIONS TO BE APPLIED
507
IV. PROHIBITION OF COMPETITION
510
§ 8. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
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I. CONCEPT OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IN GENERAL TERMS AND REFERENCES MADE TO INCORPORATED COMPANIES
511
A. Concept of Limited Liability Company in General Terms
511
B. References Made to the Incorporated Company
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II. DEFINITION AND COMPONENTS
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1. Component of Commercial Title
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2. Component of Principal Capital
518
3. Component of Person (Partner)
520
4. Component of Limited Liability of Partners
521
5. Component of Purpose and Subject Matter
525
6. Component of Legal Personality
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A. Preparation and Mandatory Content of the Articles of Association
526
B. Moment of Incorporation
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C. Registration Procedure
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1. Registration Request
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2. Registration and Announcement
531
3. Obtaining Legal Personality
532
IV. AMENDING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
533
A. Amending Articles of Association In General Terms
533
2. Authorized Organ in Amending the Articles of Association
534
B. Special Cases of Amending Articles of Association
535
1. Increasing Principal Capital
535
b. Right of Preemption
536
2. Decreasing Principal Capital
537
V. SUBJECTING PRINCIPAL CAPITAL SHARE IN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES TO LEGAL PROCEDURES
537
1. Share Certificates
538
B. Transfer of Principal Capital Share
539
1. Procedure for Voluntary Transfer of Shares
539
2. Transfer of Principal Capital Share by Law
540
b. Company’s Right to Acquire Those Shares in Their Real Value
541
c. Determination of Real Value
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3. Registration of Transfer and Exchange
542
C. Rights of Usufruct and Lien on the Principal Capital Shares and Acquisition by the Limited Liability Companies of Their Own Principal Capital Shares
542
1. Rights of Usufruct and Lien on the Principal Capital Shares
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2. Acquisition by the Limited Liability Companies of Their Own Principal Capital Shares
543
VI. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTNERS IN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
543
b. Prohibition of Interest and Preparatory Period Interest
548
c. Right to Acquire New Shares
548
d. Right to Request Separation Provision
550
e. Right of Obtaining Liquidation Dividend
551
2. Rights Regarding Management
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a. Attending the General Assembly
552
c. Right to Participate into Company’s Management and Representation
556
bb. Rights Protecting the Partners
557
aaa. Right to Obtain and Examine Information
557
bbb. Right to File Suit for Determination of Nullity and Cancellation
557
ccc. Right to File Liability Suit
558
ddd. Right to Leave Company
559
i. Recognition of the Right to Leave by the Articles of Association
559
ii. Right to Leave Company for Justifiable Reasons
559
eee. Right to Participate Into Leaving
560
fff. Right to Request another Partner’s Dismissal from the Company
560
ggg. Right to File Suit for the Dissolution of the Company
562
ii. Filing a Suit for Termination due to Justifiable Reasons
562
hhh. Right to Request Being Subjected to Equal Treatment
563
1. Obligation to Pay the Subscribed Capital
563
2. Obligation to Manage the Company
564
3. Loyalty Obligation and Prohibition of Competition
564
4. Additional Payment and Additional Performance Obligations
566
a. Additional Payment Obligation
566
bb. Continuation of Obligation
567
b. Additional Performance Obligation
567
c. Subsequent Stipulation
568
VII. ORGANS OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
568
2. Powers of General Assembly
569
3. Convention of General Assembly
571
b. Making a Decision without Making a General Assembly Meeting
573
3. Right to Vote and it’s Calculation
575
4. Quorums for Making Decisions in the General Assembly
576
a. Quorum in Amendments of the Articles of Association and Ordinary Quorum for Making Decisions
577
aa. Ordinary Quorum for Making Decisions
577
bb. Quorum in Amendments of the Articles of Association
577
b. Quorum for Making Extraordinary Decisions (Quorum in Important Decisions)
577
5. Nullity of Decisions
579
C. MANAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY
579
b. Having Multiple Numbers of Managers
581
c. Responsibilities and Powers of Managers
581
d. Scope and Limitation of the Power of Representation
583
e. Rights of Managers
584
f. Obligations of Managers
585
aa. Obligation of Care and Loyalty
585
bb. Prohibition of Competition
585
cc. Obligation of Equal Treatment
585
2. Commercial Representatives and Commercial Agents
586
VIII. TERMINATION IN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
587
A. Reasons for Termination
587
1. Special Reasons for Termination that are Set Forth in the Law
588
a. Inexistence of Mandatory OrgansInability to Convene
588
b. Termination for Justifiable Reasons
588
2. Outcomes of Dissolution
589
IX. PROVISIONS TO BE APPLIED
589
§ 9. COOPERATIVE COMPANIES
591
II. DEFINITION and COMPONENTS
591
1. Component of Partner (Person)
592
2. Component of Articles of Association
593
3. Component of Purpose
593
4. Component of Commercial Title
594
5. Component of Capital
595
6. Component of Liability
596
a. Rule: Limited Liability
596
b. Exception: Unlimited Liability
597
7. Component of Legal Personality
597
III. INCORPORATION OF COOPERATIVE COMPANY
598
A. Preparation of the Articles of Association and Its Signature before the Authorized Personnel at the Directorate of Trade Registry
598
1. Form of the Articles of Association and Its Approval by the Notary Public
598
2. Contents of the Articles of Association
598
a. Mandatory Components
598
b. Optional Components
599
B. Permission of the Ministry of Customs and Trade
600
C. Registration and Announcement of the Company
600
IV. AMENDING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
601
V. ORGANS OF COOPERATIVE COMPANY
601
2. Nontransferable Powers of the General Assembly
602
3. Calling the General Assembly to Meeting and Quorums for Decisions
603
a. Calling to Meeting
603
bb. Those Who Are Authorized to Make the Call to the Meeting
604
b. Making the Meeting, Principle of Adherence to the Agenda and Quorums for Decisions
605
aa. Making the Meeting, Principle of Adherence to the Agenda
605
bb. Quorums for Decisions
607
c. Cancellability of the Decisions
607
C. Board of Directors
609
2. Membership of the Board of Directors
609
3. Power of Management and Representation and Its Transfer
610
a. Power of Management and Representation
610
b. Transfer of Power of Management and Representation
611
4. Legal and Penal Liabilities of the Members of Board of Directors
612
1. Auditors and their Appointment in General Terms
612
3. Confidentiality Obligation
614
VI. PARTNERSHIP IN COOPERATIVES
615
A. Open Door Principle and Limits of the Principle
615
1. Open Door Principle
615
a. Limitation by the Articles of Association
616
b. Limitation in Housing Cooperatives
616
c. Prohibition of Leaving Company and Leading to Compensation
617
B. Conditions of Gaining the Title of Partnership, Legal Reflections of Gaining the Title of Partnership and Proof of the Title of Partnership
618
1. Conditions of Gaining the Title of Partnership
618
a. Having the Capacity to Act
618
b. Making a Written Application to the Cooperative
618
2. Legal Reflections of Gaining the Title of Partnership
620
a. Being a Founding Partner
620
b. Becoming a Partner after Incorporation
620
c. Becoming a Partner by Taking over the Share of the Cooperative
621
d. Becoming a Partner by Inheritance
621
e. Becoming a Partner against ServiceResponsibilityReal Estate PropertyBusiness Establishment
622
3. Proof of the Title of Partnership – Partnership Certificate
623
C. Obligations and Rights of the Partners
624
1. General Principles Regarding Rights and Obligations
624
a. Principle of Personal Contribution
624
b. Principle of Equality
625
2. Obligations of Partners
625
a. Obligation to Pay Share Price and Contribution
625
b. Additional Payment Obligation
625
c. Confidentiality Obligation
626
d. Liability for Cooperative’s Debts
626
3. Rights of Partners
627
a. Rights Providing Participation
627
aa. Right to Attend the General Assembly Meetings
627
bb. Rights of Casting Votes and Representation
628
aa. Right to Obtain Information
629
bb. Right to File Annulment Suit against the Decisions of General Assembly and Right to File Suit against the Decision of Dismissal
630
cc. Right to File Liability Suit
633
c. Rights Regarding Assets
633
aa. Rights over the Difference between Revenues and Expenses
633
bb. Rights over the Liquidation Dividend
633
dd. Right to be exempted from the ment as to Form in Transfer of Real Estate Property
634
D. Loss of the Title of Partnership
635
1. Reasons that Terminate the Title of Partnership
635
b. Being Dismissed from the Company
636
c. Loss of the Title of Partnership Due to Failure to Pay the Obligation of Capital Subion and other Payments
638
d. Transfer of the Partnership Interest
639
e. Death of a Partner
639
f. Termination of the Duty and Service
639
g. Transfer of the Real Estate Propertythe Establishment
639
2. Legal Consequences of Termination of the Partnership Title
640
VII. TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION OF COOPERATIVE COMPANY
641