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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L663-1

I.-Where the debtor's available funds are not immediately sufficient, the Public Treasury shall, by reasoned order of the official receiver, advance the fees, taxes, charges or emoluments levied by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L663-3

…e judiciaire to obtain, by way of the remuneration due to him pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 444-2, a sum at least equal to a threshold set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the case is decla…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-13

By the judgment adopting the sale plan, the court may authorise the conclusion of a management lease, even in the presence of any clause to the contrary, in particular in the lease of the property, in…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-15

In the case of a management lease, the business must actually be sold within two years of the judgment adopting the plan.

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-20

Asset transfers carried out pursuant to Articles L. 642-18 and L. 642-19 are subject to the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 642-3. However, the juge-commissaire may, at the r…

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Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-12

The closure of the judicial liquidation or the proceedings provided for in article L. 645-1 suspends the effects of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-13

…terested creditor. If the matter is referred to it by a creditor, the latter must prove that he has deposited at the court registry the funds required for the costs of the operations. The amount of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L651-1

…dividual entrepreneurs with limited liability and to individual entrepreneurs covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-3

I.-The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of any person mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 653-1 , subject to the exceptions provided for in the last paragraph of I of the same article, against…

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TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L661-3

Decisions adopting or amending the safeguard or recovery plan or rejecting the resolution of this plan are subject to third-party opposition. The judgment ruling on the third-party objection is subjec…

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