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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article L625-8

…L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code must, by order of the official receiver, be paid within ten days of the pronouncement of the judgment opening the proceedings by the deb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article L625-7

Debts arising from an employment contract are guaranteed in the event of the opening of safeguard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-17

…criminal court is seised either on the prosecution of the public prosecutor or on the filing of a civil party action by the administrator, the court-appointed agent, the employees' representative, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-19

The costs of proceedings brought by the administrator, the judicial representative, the employees' representative, the commissioner for the execution of the plan or the liquidator are borne by the Tre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-16

For the application of the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, the statute of limitations for public prosecution shall run only from the date of the judgment opening the safeguard, receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-18

The public prosecutor may require the administrator or liquidator to hand over all deeds and documents held by them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-20

…g judgments and rulings issued pursuant to this chapter shall be published at the expense of the convicted person.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: MUNICIPALITIES IN OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L2561-1

The provisions of Chapters III and IV of Title I of Book I of this Part and those of Article L. 2123-21 are not applicable to the communes of the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L3511-2

For the application to Mayotte of Part Three of this Code:

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1544

The parties, assisted by their lawyers, shall work jointly, under the conditions laid down in the agreement, to reach an agreement putting an end to the dispute between them or to the preparation of t…

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