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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-55

Notaries and bailiffs are required, on pain of dismissal, costs, damages to the parties, to leave an exact copy of the protests. Subject to the same penalties, they are also required to deliver agains…

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Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-5

Operators of general shops are prohibited from engaging, either directly or indirectly, whether on their own account or on behalf of others, as commission agents or in any other capacity, in any trade…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-5

From the opening judgment, any third party holder is required to hand over to the administrator or, failing this, to the judicial representative, at the latter's request, the accounting documents and…

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Section 1: Verification of claims.

Article L625-5

Disputes submitted to the industrial tribunal pursuant to articles L. 625-1 and L. 625-4 are brought directly before the adjudication board.

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Section 2: Spouse's rights.

Article L624-5

The spouse of a debtor subject to safeguard proceedings shall establish the composition of his or her personal property in accordance with the rules governing matrimonial property regimes and under th…

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Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-5

…r shall refer the matter to the court for the purpose of terminating the accelerated safeguard procedure if it is established that the debtor had been in cessation of payments for more than forty-five…

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Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-5

…ediately provide the agent assisting him with all information and documents required to perform his duties.

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Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-5

…on the distribution of the price of the properties are settled on the basis of the amount remaining due to them after the property collocation. The excess of dividends they have received in previous d…

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Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-5

I. - In the event of the dissolution of a chamber of commerce and industry, it shall be renewed within a period of six months. However, if such dissolution is pronounced less than one year before a ge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article L670-5

…than the cases provided for in Article L. 643-11, creditors also recover their right to take individual legal action against the debtor where the court finds, of its own motion or at the request of t…

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