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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-4

…it carries on the business in difficulty and is the owner of the assets and liabilities associated with that business, to the exclusion of all others; - the business carried on in the context of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-3

…ch concern the rights or obligations of the creditors of a debtor who is an individual entrepreneur with limited liability shall apply, unless otherwise provided, only within the limits of the assets…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-5

Where the provisions of Titles I to VI of this Book are applied in respect of a business carried on without the allocation of assets and liabilities, the assets and liabilities which, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-6

…s of this article shall be annulled at the request of any interested party or the Public Prosecutor within three years of its date. Any act carried out in breach of the provisions of this article shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-7

Without prejudice to the jurisdiction granted to the juge-commissaire by Article L. 624-19, the court seised of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings opened in respect of an in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-1

…Titles I to VI of this Book are applied to the professional activities carried out by a sole trader with limited liability, they are applied on an asset-by-asset basis. The provisions of Titles I to V…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-2

…n the economic situation or the assets, rights or obligations of the debtor individual entrepreneur with limited liability shall, unless otherwise provided, be understood as relating solely to the ass…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-7

…shall apply to a debtor who has made a declaration of constitution of affected assets in accordance with article L. 526-7 du code de commerce, subject to the reservations set out in this article.They…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-8

…hen over-indebtedness proceedings are initiated before a commission at the request of a sole trader with limited liability, the latter shall indicate, when filing the case, whether proceedings institu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-22

The professional who markets maintenance or repair services for passenger cars and vans defined in article R. 311-1 of the Highway Code allows consumers to opt to use spare parts from the circular eco…

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