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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L661-9

If the judgement is overturned requiring the case to be referred back to the court, the court of appeal may open a new observation period. This period is for a maximum of three months. In the event of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-2

…Environment Code. III.-Where the debtor exercises a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected, the offer must also include an indication of the tran…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-4

…e information it needs to assess the conditions for discharging the liabilities, in particular with regard to the price offered, the residual assets to be recovered or realised, the debts from the per…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-24

The liquidator may, with the authorisation of the juge-commissaire and with the debtor heard or duly summoned, compromise and settle all disputes of collective interest to the creditors, even those re…

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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-2

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 642-19, where the simplified procedure is decided pursuant to Article L. 641-2, the liquidator shall sell the movable assets by mutual agreement or at p…

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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-8

The judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article, immediately informs known creditors of the op…

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-5

…rticle L. 653-1 against whom one of the following facts has been established: 1° Having exercised a commercial, craft or agricultural activity or a function of management or administration of a legal…

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-7

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6 and L. 653-8, the matter is referred to the court by the judicial representative, the liquidator or the public prosecutor. In the collective…

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L651-2

…of article 206 of the general tax code, the court shall assess the existence of mismanagement with regard to the volunteer status of the director.Where a judicial liquidation has been opened or prono…

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-6

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of the manager of the legal entity, the individual entrepreneur with limited liability or the individual entrepreneur covered by the status defined in Sec…

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