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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-4

As soon as the sale is published, the liquidator shall request from the land registry service a statement of the subsisting registrations in accordance with Article 2449 of the Civil Code, with a view…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article R653-2

For the application of Article L. 653-7, the matter shall be referred to the court, as the case may be, by summons or in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631-4. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection.

Article R743-4

Except in the cases provided for in article R. 743-2, the inspectors mentioned in article R. 743-1 send a report of their mission to the public prosecutor. Occasional inspections give rise to a detail…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-48

If the appointment of the new partner occurs at the time of an increase in the share capital, the provisions of articles R. 743-31, R. 743-32, R. 743-33, R. 743-36 and R. 743-42 and the second paragra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-15

In the event of a vacancy in the seat of a titular representative of the department, communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, firefighters or territorial civil servants of the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference

Article R 1424-60

The National Conference of Fire and Rescue Services is chaired by one of its members mentioned in a, b, c, and d of article R. 1424-59, elected by them by secret ballot and by an absolute majority. If…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-12

An advance shall be made available to each imprest administrator, the amount of which, fixed by the instrument setting up the imprest account and, where applicable, revised in the same manner, shall n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Consultation on the creation of a new commune.

Article R2113-12

In the event that the project to create the new commune involves communes located in different départements, the electors are convened by joint order of the prefects of the départements concerned unde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-22

The articles L. 2223-4, R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of less than or equal to 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article…

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