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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation

Article R123-265

The deletion of legal entities that are dissolved is recorded in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the liquidator within one month of publication of the close of the liquidation.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation

Article R123-264

Final decisions placing one of the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-253 under guardianship or trusteeship within the meaning of Article 440 of the Civil Code and those which discharge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business

Article A123-20

By virtue of the derogation provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-63, savings and provident institutions are not required to apply for secondary registration with the Trade and Compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business

Article A123-21

By virtue of the derogation provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-63, the associations mentioned in article L. 213-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code and which are registered in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-2

The Chief Executive Officer is appointed by decree. The fixed, variable and exceptional components of his remuneration are set jointly by the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Budget,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding and cash resources

Article D6323-21

…ation of skills and knowledge for the professional transition projects provided for in article R. 6323-14-3 ; 2° The remuneration of the beneficiaries of a vocational transition project and the paymen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantees for loans to sole traders

Article L313-21

On the occasion of any financial assistance that it intends to grant to a sole trader for the purposes of his business, a credit institution or finance company intending to request a security interest…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Sub-section 2: Attachment of accounts opened with institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts

Article R211-22

When a seizure is made on a joint account, it is notified to each of the account holders. If the names and addresses of the other account holders are unknown to the bailiff, the bailiff will ask the i…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Sub-section 2: Attachment of accounts opened with institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts

Article R211-21

Based on the information provided by the garnishee, the creditor may limit the effect of the seizure to certain accounts. By agreement between the parties or by decision of the enforcement judge, the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Sub-section 2: Attachment of accounts opened with institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts

Article R211-23

If the debtor holds different accounts, payment is made by first drawing on the funds available at sight, unless the debtor requests payment in some other way.

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