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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-14

…in ten days of the opening judgment, the legal representative of the debtor legal entity or the individual debtor, assisted by the administrator if one has been appointed, convenes the social and econ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-16

…smissal of the employee representative appointed pursuant to article L. 621-4 is governed by the provisions of articles R. 436-1 to R. 436-8 and article R. 436-10 of the Labour Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-7

…appropriate, regional director of public finance of the department in which the debtor has his registered office and to that of the department in which the principal place of business is located.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-1

…o open safeguard proceedings is filed by the legal representative of the legal entity or by the individual debtor at the registry of the competent court. It sets out the nature of the difficulties it…

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Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-14

…able to the judicial liquidation procedure. The liquidator exercises the functions devolved to the mandataire judiciaire by these provisions.The rules provided for in the fourth to sixth paragraphs of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-15

…r's assets. In this case, the procedure shall be in accordance with the rules laid down for seals after death. Notice of the affixing of seals shall be given to the official receiver who ordered it. W…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-16

Goods, documents and effects exempted or extracted from seals by decision of the juge-commissaire shall be inventoried without delay with an estimate of their value by the person responsible for carry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-17

…or or the administrator, if one has been appointed, shall request that the seals be unsealed with a view to the inventory operations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-14

In the event of an auction on the reiteration of bids occurring during the course of the order and even after the final settlement, the liquidator shall amend the statement of collocation, the amount…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-40

…essional mailboxes to the electronic address that he designates to them.To this end, the liquidator and, where applicable, the administrator may also request the assistance of any employee of the debt…

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