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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents

Article R483-13

To ensure that a document falls within the prohibition set out in article L. 483-5, the judge may request the opinion of the competent competition authority and send it the relevant document. This opi…

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Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-13

An application for an amending entry shall be made to the Registrar who made the initial entry, even if the place of registration, the registered office, the principal place of business, the place whe…

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Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-13

For the application of II of article L. 611-2, the president of the court shall issue an order requiring the legal representative of the legal entity to file the annual accounts or the sole trader wit…

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Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-13

The application to revendicate an asset shall be sent within the period provided for in Article L. 624-9 by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the administrator if one has been appoi…

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Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-13

The duties of the official receiver and auditors end on the day on which the liquidator's end-of-assignment report has been approved.

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TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-13

The report of the judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 is forwarded by the latter to the judge assigned to the case and to…

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TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-13

Judgments handed down by the court are pronounced in open court, with the exception of those rejecting the request to initiate one of the procedures provided for in Book VI of the legislative part of…

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Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-13

Candidate declarations shall be delivered against receipt, or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, no later than one month before the date on which the ballot opens, to the Chair…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article R721-13

The Council reports on its activities in an annual report submitted to the Minister of Justice.

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Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-13

The judge being sued may be assisted by one of his peers, by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation or by a lawyer registered with a bar association. The file on the proceedings must…

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