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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Realisation of the pledge and purging of registered claims.

Article R143-1

Where the sale of the business has not taken place at public auction in accordance with articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Realisation of the pledge and purging of registered claims.

Article R143-5

The costs and compensation due to the provisional administrator appointed pursuant to article L. 143-4 are taxed by the president of the commercial court.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pensions

Article R143-1

I. This chapter applies to the operations referred to in Article L. 143-1.II-The rates charged by insurance undertakings are based on mortality tables and rates defined by order of the Minister for th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-3

For the contracts mentioned in article L. 143-1, when the guarantees are expressed in units of account, the insurer or the supplementary occupational pension fund, at the request of the subscriber, me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143-1

Sentenced persons incarcerated in detention centres may benefit from the temporary absences provided for in article D. 143, when they have served one-third of their sentence. In their case, the durati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Deregistration.

Article R143-18

Where the cancellation, not consented to by the creditor, is requested by way of a principal action, such action shall be brought before the commercial court of the place of registration.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-1

…law whose purpose is to cover supplementary occupational pension commitments, as defined in article L. 143-1, commitments entered into by an association mentioned in article L. 144-2 and supplementary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration.

Article R143-10

In order to register debt declarations made pursuant to articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22, articles R. 521-5 and R. 521-6 apply. The information concerning the asset required under 5° of article R. 521…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143-4

Permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted in the following cases to persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a total period not exceeding five years and to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143

Sentenced persons incarcerated in a remand prison, a central prison, a semi-liberty centre and, where they are of age, in a specialised juvenile prison may be granted temporary absences of up to three…

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