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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-1

Simplified judicial liquidation proceedings are subject to the rules governing judicial liquidation, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-4

…ne the statement and, with the exception of the liquidator, lodge a complaint with the official receiver under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The debtor's complaints may only re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-1-1

…nventory pursuant to article L. 641-2 and if the value of the assets justifies it, the official receiver shall appoint, for the purpose of carrying out the valuation of the assets, one of the persons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
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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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-3

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 641-4, the only claims likely to rank in order of importance in the distributions and claims arising from an employment contract are verified.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-5

The court shall pronounce the closure of the judicial liquidation at the latest within six months of the decision ordering or deciding on the application of the simplified procedure, with the debtor h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-6

At any time, the court may decide, in a specially reasoned judgment, to no longer apply the derogations provided for in this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R644-4

When the court considers, pursuant to Article L. 644-6, to no longer apply the rules of simplified judicial liquidation, it shall have the debtor summoned to the hearing by the registrar by registered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R644-2

…d party may examine it. A notice of this filing is published in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a legal announcement medium.Where the statement of claims is only file…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R644-3

The decision by which the official receiver rules on challenges to the statement of claims supplemented by the proposed distribution shall be subject to the publicity measures provided for in Article…

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