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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R641-2

…suing creditors that they may inspect the report referred to in the second paragraph of Article R. 621-3 and notify them at the same time of the date of the hearing.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-2

A creditor's writ specifies the nature and amount of the claim and contains any evidence likely to characterise the debtor's cessation of payments. Where a farm is involved, the creditor shall attach…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-2

…practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings opened within the territory of another Member State and the debtor who has not been divested by registered letter with a request for acknowledgement of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.

Article R722-2

…ch meeting of the general meeting. It is composed of the president of the court, the vice-president and the first in the order of the table of chamber presidents present at the general meeting. If the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Processes, products and appliances for mandatory disinfection.

Article R3114-2

Appliances of an approved type bear a serial letter corresponding to the type to which they belong and a serial number within this series.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions of assignment for reservists

Article D3134-2

I. - In the event of an exceptional health situation and in application of II of Article L. 3134-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or the Director General of the Zonal Regional Hea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

For the organisation and operation of the High Council, its Chairman: 1° Represents the High Council in legal proceedings and acts on its behalf; 2° Appoints to posts, sets remuneration and compensati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-26

…nie Nationale shall send the Haut Conseil the activity declarations referred to in V of Article R. 823-10. In the event of non-compliance with this obligation, the High Council may, after unsuccessful…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-29

When practising in a company, each statutory auditor who is a partner, shareholder or member of the company's management, executive, administrative or supervisory bodies takes part in the meeting of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-23

La Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes instituée par l'article L. 821-6 groups together all the statutory auditors and all the audit firms registered on the list in accordance with Sectio…

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