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

Article L611-12

The opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings automatically terminates the agreement recorded or approved pursuant to Article L. 611-8. In this case, the creditors recov…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

The right to review provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories

Article L763-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories

Article L764-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Clearing houses

Article L762-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-4

Any dismissal envisaged by the administrator, the employer or the liquidator, as the case may be, of the employees' representative mentioned in articles L. 621-4 and L. 641-1 must be submitted to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The issue and purchase on the stock market of shares reserved for employees.

Article L225-187-1

…225-194 and article L. 225-197 remain applicable as they stood prior to the publication of the loi n° 2001-152 du 19 février 2001 sur l'épargne salariale jusqu'à l'expiration d'un délai de cinq ans à…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-16

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés s'exercent auprès de la direction…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Milk products, colostrum and milk or non-milk fats

Article R412-28

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of points 1 and 2 of Chapter IV, 1 and 2 of Section IX "Raw milk, colostrum, milk products and colostrum-based products" o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-3

I. - For the purposes of implementing Article L. 613-55-6, the resolution board may automatically terminate the financial and derivative contracts mentioned in Sections 4 to 10 of Section C of Annex I…

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