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sous réserve des

English translation: except in the case of / unless

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:sous réserve des
English translation:except in the case of / unless
Entered by: Conor McAuley

20:35 Sep 16, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Articles of Association
French term or phrase: sous réserve des
"- Assemblée générale extraordinaire :

[...]
Elle ne peut toutefois augmenter les engagements des actionnaires, sous réserve des opérations résultant d’un regroupement d’actions régulièrement effectué."

I've got a brain freeze and/or this sentence doesn't make sense to me at all, and it hinges on this term, which I perfectly understand.
Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 02:02
except in the case of
Explanation:
... ne peut toutefois augmenter les engagements des actionnaires, sous réserve des opérations résultant d’ ...
-->
cannot increase the shareholders' commitments, except in the case of operations deriving from ...
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 20:02
Grading comment
Closest to my answer, which the client approved. Thanks to all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2except in the case of
Jennifer Levey
3subject to/taking into account
ambonnardot


Discussion entries: 1





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
except in the case of


Explanation:
... ne peut toutefois augmenter les engagements des actionnaires, sous réserve des opérations résultant d’ ...
-->
cannot increase the shareholders' commitments, except in the case of operations deriving from ...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 74
Grading comment
Closest to my answer, which the client approved. Thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
35 mins
neutral  writeaway: any refs?
10 hrs
agree  nweatherdon: someone might know some legalese for this, but it seems good
14 hrs
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
subject to/taking into account


Explanation:
... cannot increase the commitments of the shareholders, subject to/ taking into account transactions resulting from a duly executed share consolidation...


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/%20sous%20r%C3%A9serve%20d...
ambonnardot
Local time: 02:02
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Native speaker of: English
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