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Showing 18311840 of 13560 articles for Art. UK Commercial Agents Regs 1993

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-37-1

A warehousing receipt may only be issued in representation of raw materials included on a list drawn up by order of the Minister responsible for the economy and which may be the subject of a contract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-8

…in the accounts for the last financial year ended on the date the earmarked assets were created if commercial accounting is used, or to the original value of these items as shown in the fixed assets…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-18

The individual entrepreneur with limited liability determines the income he pays into his unaffected assets.

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

Article L611-4

A conciliation procedure is hereby instituted before the Commercial Court for the benefit of debtors engaged in a commercial or craft activity who are experiencing legal, economic or financial difficu…

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

Article L611-11

In the event of the opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the persons who had consented, in the context of a conciliation procedure having given rise to the approve…

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

Article L611-17

This chapter applies, subject to the conditions it sets out, to entrepreneurs whose status is defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V insofar as it concerns their business assets.

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TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-4-1

The court shall appoint at least a second judicial administrator and a second judicial representative in the judgment opening proceedings against a debtor where the latter: 1° Has a number of secondar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-5

From the opening judgment, any third party holder is required to hand over to the administrator or, failing this, to the judicial representative, at the latter's request, the accounting documents and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-16

In the event of safeguard proceedings, the lessor only has a lien for the last two years of rent prior to the judgment opening the proceedings. If the lease is terminated, the lessor also has a lien f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-25

The declaration shall state the amount of the claim due on the date of the opening judgment, with an indication of the sums due and the dates on which they fall due. It shall specify the nature and ba…

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