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Showing 33813390 of 30902 articles for Art. Loi Climat 2021-1104 du 22-8-2021

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L661-8

Where the public prosecutor is required to be notified of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings and of cases relating to the liability of corporate officers, an appeal in cassa…

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TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L662-8

The court has jurisdiction to hear any proceedings concerning a company that owns or controls, within the meaning of articles L. 233-1 and L. 233-3, a company for which proceedings are pending before…

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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-8

…two months of receipt of this notice, of the amount of their claim, with an indication of the sums due and the due dates, as well as any useful information relating to the property rights that they i…

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Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-8

…make a disposal without the authorisation provided for by l'article L. 626-14 ; 3° For any person, during the observation period or the period of execution of the safeguard plan or recovery plan, wit…

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Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-8

In execution of the plan approved by the court, the liquidator or the administrator, where one has been appointed, shall take all necessary steps to complete the transfer. Pending the completion of th…

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TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-8

When the provisional budget of an establishment or the budget implemented during the previous financial year shows a deficit that is not covered by available surpluses, when compulsory expenditure has…

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Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article L692-8

I.-The insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings shall apply to the president of the specially designated commercial court or the competent judicial court within whose jurisdiction th…

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Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article L694-8

The official receiver shall assess the grounds which, pursuant to Article 70(2) of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, are brought to his attention by the judicial representative who does…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-8

…presence within its jurisdiction of the debtor's main centre of interests;4° The conciliation procedure provided for in Title I of Book VI, upon direct referral by the debtor, at the request of the p…

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TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-8

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 761-5 and L. 761-7 as well as the provisions adopted in application of these articles shall be recorded and prosecuted under the conditions laid down by…

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