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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-1

…ngs or premises in which a business is operated, whether or not the business belongs either to a trader or industrialist registered in the Trade and Companies Register, or to the head of a company in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-7

…ion or takeover of an economic activity and the other measures for applying this chapter are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-4

No interconnection within the meaning of 3° of I of the article 33 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 précitée ne peut être effectuée entre le fichier national automatisé des interdits de gérer et t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-14

In order for a legal entity to be registered on the list of sworn goods brokers of a court of appeal, it must be proven : 1° That its directors have not been the subject of a final criminal conviction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-1

The valet is liable for the loss of the objects to be transported, except in cases of force majeure. He is liable for damage other than that resulting from the inherent vice of the thing or force maje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-4

…e whatsoever, concerning the formation or performance of the contract of carriage, or due to an incident occurring during and in connection with the carriage, the condition of the objects transported…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the business to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To businesses that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-7

The president of the court shall rule, if necessary, on the grounds of nullity of the sale procedure prior to the auction, and on the costs. These pleas must be opposed, on pain of forfeiture, at leas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-8

…Court, seised of a claim for payment relating to the operation of a business, may, if it makes an order and if the creditor so requests, by the same judgment order the sale of the business. It shall r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-10

…ilar clauses, granted by the owner or operator of a business that does not meet the conditions provided for in the above articles, is null and void. However, the contracting parties may not invoke suc…

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