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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to joint ventures.

Article R814-156

…agreement underpinning the joint venture shall be delivered against receipt or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the National Registration and Disciplinary Commission, whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R814-168

…of the president of the judicial court of the place of the company's registered office ruling on a petition, at the request of the liquidator, the partners or their successors, or the public prosecuto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R814-169

The dissolution of the company shall be brought to the attention of the competent national registration and disciplinary commission and the public prosecutor. The liquidator shall send to each of them…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-119

…mpany is registered. The register is kept at the registered office. It may be consulted by any member.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-130

…icle 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the deceased partner's shares is set at one year from the date of death. It may be extended once for a period of one year by agreement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-17

If a member of the select committee considers that, as a matter of conscience, he or she should abstain, he or she shall inform the chairman of the committee that he or she will not be sitting..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-16

…g prosecuted is summoned to appear before the panel no less than one month before the date of the meeting. The president of the regional compagnie des commissaires aux comptes to which the person bein…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-106

…at the request either of the liquidator himself, or of the partners, shareholders or their successors..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-123

…orm the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes of the closure of the liquidation operations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-105

The consent of the company, required for the transfer by one of the members of all or part of his shares or corporate units to a third party with a view to practising his profession within the company…

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