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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-23

In addition to the information provided for in Article L. 622-25, the statement of claim contains:1° The elements likely to prove the existence and the amount of the claim if it does not result from a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-23

The court that decided on the plan remains competent to deal with the conditions of its implementation notwithstanding a change in the place of the registered office of the legal entity or the address…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-23

The order shall be notified at the instance of the court clerk by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the debtor and to the registered creditors with elected domicile whose names are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-23

The judicial representative shall be allocated, for the verification of claims, a fee determined by an order made pursuant to Article L. 444-3 per claim, other than wage claims, entered on the stateme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-23

…dminister any establishments used for trade and industry under the conditions set out in Article R. 712-28 and within the limits of the powers defined by the decree provided for in Article R. 711-22.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-23

…ating to the expression of their vote are the subject, under the conditions laid down in article R. 713-26, of automated processing of information carried out on separate, dedicated and isolated compu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Departmental fire brigade (R)

Article R1424-23

An advisory committee of volunteer firefighters, specific to all volunteer firefighters in the departmental corps, whose operating procedures are set by order of the minister in charge of civil securi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-23

Where the mandate provides for the authorised body to have a standing advance, the principal's authorising officer shall set the amount of the advance, subject to the ceiling laid down in the mandate.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-23

Within fifteen days of receipt of the new deliberation, the regional audit chamber, if it considers the remedial measures adopted to be sufficient, notifies the representative of the State, the local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-23

Every month, the mayor, the president of the departmental council, the president of the regional council or the president of the deliberative body of the grouping of local authorities sends the prefec…

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