Opening remarks (The reform of the French Commercial Code’s Title IV Book IV - Nanterre, April 4th, 2019)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The rewriting of Title IV of Book IV of the Commercial Code: Much ado about nothing? Daniel Fasquelle Associate University Professor Member, LARJ (Legal Research Laboratory) EA 3603 Vice-Chairman, Economic Affairs Committee, National Assembly, Paris Introduction 1. Rewriting Title IV in itself already means no longer questioning its existence. This remark may come as a surprise, but it should be remembered that the interest and relevance of the rules it contains are regularly challenged by the most eminent economists and jurists. Examples include the Villain report of 1995, the analyses of the OECD [1] or, even more recently, the work of the AFEC [2]in