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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-1

…right to a rural lease, the court may, subject to the outgoing lessee's rights to compensation and notwithstanding the other provisions of the Farming Statute, either authorise the lessor, his spouse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-5

…pre-emption rights instituted by the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or the Town Planning Code may not be exercised over a property included in this plan.When the plan provides for redundancies for e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-3

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-12

…ement between the assignee and the creditors holding the security.The provisions of this article do not affect the right of retention acquired by a creditor on assets included in the assignment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-13

By the judgment adopting the sale plan, the court may authorise the conclusion of a management lease, even in the presence of any clause to the contrary, in particular in the lease of the property, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-15

In the case of a management lease, the business must actually be sold within two years of the judgment adopting the plan.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-3

…erned by Book IX of the Social Security Code, the guarantee provided for in the second paragraph is not due.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…month, taking into account Article 1(I)(3)(b). The absence of an opinion within this timeframe may not be an obstacle to the court's ruling.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-4

If one or more distributions of sums precede the distribution of the price of the immovables, the preferential and mortgage creditors admitted shall contribute to the distributions in proportion to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-7

Subject to the second paragraph of Article L. 642-20-1, the provisions of Articles L. 643-4 to L. 643-6 apply to creditors benefiting from a special movable security.

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