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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-5

…lution and its counterparts in the other Member States, particularly concerning the good repute and professional knowledge and skills of insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermedi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-6

…d to receive or disclose information in connection with the provisions of this chapter are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inArticle L. 612-17 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-4

In order to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in Articles L. 511-2 and L. 511-3 by staff engaged in the distribution of insurance or reinsurance, insurance or reinsurance undertakings sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Ranking of claims

Article L643-7-1

A creditor who has received a payment in breach of the rule of equality of unsecured creditors or as a result of an error in the order of privileges must return the sums so paid.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Ranking of claims

Article L643-8

…ssets is allocated in the following order: 1° Subsidies provided for in Article L. 631-11 that have not yet been paid; 2° Claims guaranteed by the lien provided for in articles L. 3253-2, L. 3253-4 an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conservatory measures.

Article R641-14

Articles R. 622-2 to R. 622-5-1, excluding article R. 622-4-1, are applicable to the judicial liquidation procedure. The liquidator exercises the functions devolved to the mandataire judiciaire by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conservatory measures.

Article R641-15

…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. Where the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conservatory measures.

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
Section 4: Conservatory measures.

Article R641-17

The liquidator 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
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

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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