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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-70

Requests for information relating to the future status of files may be made by subscription. They entail the issue of an extract or a copy, either at regular intervals, the frequency of which may not…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2417

Mortgages are always granted for the capital up to a specified amount, which the notarial deed mentions on pain of nullity. Where applicable, the parties shall assess any indeterminate, contingent or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-3-2

Where an extended branch agreement provides for and organises the continuation of employment contracts in the event of a succession of companies in the performance of a contract, the employees of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 866

Reportable sums bear interest at the legal rate, unless otherwise stipulated. This interest accrues from the opening of the succession when the heir owed it to the deceased and from the day the debt i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Computation of time limits

Article 648

The day of the date of the deed or the day of the opening of the estate is not counted in the time limits set for the performance of the registration formality or the merged formality. When the expiry…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The inventory.

Article 1332

The notarised inventory may also contain: 1° The qualities and rights of those who may claim the community or the succession; 2° Where applicable, the active and passive consitution of the community a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-14

In the judgment adopting the plan or amending it, the court may decide that assets that it considers essential to the continuation of the business may not be disposed of, for a period that it fixes, w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-11

The judgment adopting the plan makes its provisions enforceable against all.With the exception of legal persons, co-obligors and persons who have granted a personal surety or who have assigned or assi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-18

The court shall give notice of the deadlines and remissions accepted by the creditors under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 626-5 and in Article L. 626-6. These deadl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-9

After hearing or duly summoning the debtor, the administrator, the judicial representative, the auditors and the representatives of the works council or, failing that, the employee delegates, the cour…

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