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Showing 43614370 of 11457 articles for Art. Rép. Kamowski: AN 25-12-2018 n° 13638

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

Article L127-3

…to the beneficiary the resources necessary to prepare the beneficiary for the creation or takeover and for the management of the planned economic activity does not, of itself, give rise to a presumpt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R127-1

The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity defined in article L. 127-1 : 1° Sets out the programme of preparation for the creation or takeover and manag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R127-2

The support contract is renewed in writing.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R127-3

Before any registration or entry in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register for Sole Proprietorships with Limited Liability, the Special Register for Commercial Agents or the National R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-6

…he persons involved acting as corporate officers; 3° The designation of the person who entered into an agreement under the conditions of the second paragraph of Article L. 612-5; 4° The nature and pur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-1

The non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity, mentioned in article L. 612-1, are required to draw up annual accounts and to appoint at least one statutory auditor and one alternate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-4

…person has a collegiate body responsible for administration distinct from the body responsible for management, or articles R. 234-5 et seq in other cases. For the application of these two provisions,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-2

The annual accounts comprise a balance sheet, an income statement and notes to the accounts. They are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and methods defined in articles L. 123-12 et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-3

Non-trading private-law legal entities with an economic activity which, at the end of the calendar year or at the close of the financial year, have three hundred or more employees or whose turnover ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-7

When the report is drawn up by the statutory auditor, the legal representative of the legal entity shall notify the statutory auditor of the agreements referred to in article L. 612-5 within one month…

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