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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article R462-5

I.-The Competition Authority shall be informed in advance of the group purchasing agreements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 462-10 when the following two conditions are met: a) The t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-5

The entry is made in a register kept by the competent registrar. This registrar shall be, as the case may be, the registrar of the commercial court, the registrar of the judicial court ruling on comme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approved prevention groups.

Article D611-5

The groups undertake: Not to carry out any advertising, except in professional journals and newsletters; To indicate in their correspondence and on all documents drawn up by them their status as appro…

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

Article R621-5

Where it appears that the debtor does not meet the conditions required for the opening of safeguard proceedings, the court shall reject the application.

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Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-5

Where the official receiver declares himself incompetent or establishes the existence of a serious dispute, he shall, by specially reasoned order, refer the parties to a better court and invite, as th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.

Article D612-5

The amount referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-4 is set at €153,000.

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Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-5

…le R. 622-24, must include the information specified in the first two paragraphs of article L. 622-25 and, where applicable, those provided for in 2° of article R. 622-23.

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Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article R625-5

The debtor shall provide all useful information to the mandataire judiciaire and the administrator, if one has been appointed, on the proceedings pending before the industrial tribunal on the date of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-59

The administrator invites the court-appointed agent and the representatives of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee to present their observations to each of the classes before the…

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

Article R631-5

Where, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 631-3, the court is seised at the request of the public prosecutor, Article R. 631-4 is applicable to the heirs of the debtor whos…

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