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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-2

The compulsory liquidation procedure is applicable to any person carrying on a commercial, craft or agricultural activity as defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and to an…

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Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-2

The court shall rule on the initiation of proceedings after a report from the conciliator on the progress of the conciliation and the prospects for adoption of the draft plan by the affected parties c…

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Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-2

The decisions mentioned in 1° to 5° of I of Article L. 661-1, with the exception of 4°, are subject to third-party opposition. The judgement ruling on the third-party objection may be appealed and app…

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Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-2

…her court with jurisdiction within the court's jurisdiction, or to a court mentioned in article L. 721-8 to hear ad hoc mandates, conciliation proceedings or safeguard, receivership or compulsory liqu…

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Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-23

Before any sale or destruction of the debtor's archives, the liquidator shall inform the administrative authority competent for the conservation of archives. This authority shall have a right of pre-e…

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Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-24

The liquidator may, with the authorisation of the juge-commissaire and with the debtor heard or duly summoned, compromise and settle all disputes of collective interest to the creditors, even those re…

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Chapter I: Liability for insufficient assets.

Article L651-2

…nd Moselle and not subject to corporation tax under the conditions provided for in 1 bis of article 206 of the general tax code, the court shall assess the existence of mismanagement with regard to th…

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Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-2

The recovery procedure may not be opened in respect of a debtor who, for less than five years, has been the subject, in respect of any of his assets, of a judicial liquidation procedure closed for ins…

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Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.

Article L663-2

The terms of remuneration of court-appointed administrators, court-appointed agents, plan execution commissioners and liquidators are set in accordance with Title IV bis of Book IV. This remuneration…

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Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-22

I. - The liquidator may not, without the agreement of the debtor, realise assets or rights acquired under a succession opened after the opening or pronouncement of the judicial liquidation, or bring a…

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