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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L4001-3

I.-A healthcare professional who decides to use, for an act of prevention, diagnosis or treatment, a medical device involving algorithmic data processing learned from massive data must ensure that the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-1

Judicial liquidation proceedings are hereby instituted for any debtor referred to in Article L. 640-2 who is in suspension of payments and whose recovery is manifestly impossible. Judicial liquidation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-4

…be requested by the debtor no later than forty-five days after the cessation of payments, if he has not within this period requested the opening of conciliation proceedings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-5

…cerns a person exercising a craft activity, a farmer or a natural person exercising a self-employed professional activity, including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-2

…1-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and to any other natural person exercising an independent professional activity including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-6

The members of the social and economic committee may inform the president of the court or the public prosecutor of any fact revealing the cessation of payments by the debtor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-3

…en to the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 640-2 after the cessation of their professional activity, if all or part of their liabilities derive from the latter.When a person exer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-3-1

…ons of article L. 640-1 have been met, he shall inform the Public Prosecutor's Office by means of a note setting out the facts on which the referral to the court is based. The Chairman may not sit on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Commencement and conduct of judicial liquidation.

Article R640-1

The request to open the judicial liquidation proceedings shall be presented in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 631-1, R. 631-2, with the exception of the second paragraph, R. 631…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Commencement and conduct of judicial liquidation.

Article R640-1-1

When the debtor, a natural person, also applies for the benefit of a professional recovery procedure, he must specify, in addition to the inventory, the methods used to value his assets. The inventory…

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