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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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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-4

…ecovery procedure appoints a court-appointed judge responsible for gathering all information on the debtor's financial situation, in particular the amount of his liabilities and the value of his asset…

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TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L663-2

…ect of a subsequent assignment that is merely an extension thereof, with the exception of a court order granted under the third paragraph of Article L. 643-9.The judicial representative shall inform t…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-11

…pplication of the provisions set out in the transfer plan. If the transferee fails to perform its undertakings, the court may, at the request of the public prosecutor on the one hand, the liquidator,…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-22

I. - The liquidator may not, without the agreement of the debtor, realise assets or rights acquired under a succession opened after the opening or pronouncement of the judicial liquidation, or bring a…

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Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-10

The liquidator shall render the accounts. He is responsible for the documents given to him in the course of the proceedings for five years from the date of this rendering.

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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-7

…e judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article may take any action necessary to preserve the de…

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-2

…ctly or indirectly, any commercial or craft enterprise, any farm or any enterprise with any other independent activity and any legal person.

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TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-4

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of any director, de jure or de facto, of a legal person, against whom one of the following facts has been identified: 1° Having disposed of the assets of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-8

In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, eit…

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