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Showing 25212530 of 20353 articles for Art. CE 9-6-2020 n° 432596

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article R461-9

I. - The Hearing Officer shall hold office for a term of five years. He may be reappointed once.II. - The Hearing Officer may intervene at the request of a party. He may also draw the attention of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-9

I. Where the sales or transfers of goodwill include pledged trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models and software exploitation rights and where the pledges of such goodwill include pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article D611-9

The assistance that the State and its public establishments may lend to the groupings is requested by the latter after written agreement, formulated on a case-by-case basis, from the member companies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-9

…ires logistiques et des magasins généraux agréés par l'Etat and to the territorial chamber of commerce and industry in whose district the warehouse concerned is located..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-9

…sentatives of the court and the auditors to the hearing and will notify the public prosecutor's office.The court will rule on the renewal of the observation period after receiving the opinion of the p…

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

Article R622-9

…period set by the court and, at any time, at the request of the public prosecutor or the official receiver, the debtor shall inform the latter, the administrator if one has been appointed, the officia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-9

…isions handed down by the Court of Appeal ruling on appeals against the decisions of the official receiver.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R631-9

For the application of article R. 621-11, the number of employees to be taken into account is assessed on the date of the request or, in the event of an ex officio referral, on the date the debtor is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-9

…court clerk, the court-appointed agent communicates by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or, where applicable, via the portal mentioned in Articles L. 814-2 and L. 814-13, to each cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-9

The decision by which the court modifies the date of cessation of payments is notified to the debtor by the registrar, communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertised as pr…

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