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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-13

…811-11-1, article L. 814-5, the last paragraph of article L. 621-4, articles L. 622-18, L. 626-25 and L. 641-8, article R. 621-12 as well as articles R. 814-24 and R. 814-38.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-14

…the individual debtor, assisted by the administrator if one has been appointed, convenes the social and economic committee or, failing this, the employees. The employees then elect their representativ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-16

…pointed 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
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-1

…the registry of the competent court. It sets out the nature of the difficulties it is encountering and the reasons why it is unable to overcome them. It states whether it undertakes to draw up the in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-11

Where it appears that the debtor does not meet the conditions required for the opening of receivership proceedings, the court shall reject the application.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-1

…accounts for the last financial year, are the following documents:1° A statement of liabilities due and assets available, together with a declaration of cessation of payments. Where the business in di…

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Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-10

…udgment cannot be rendered immediately, the date of its pronouncement is communicated to the debtor and, where applicable, to the pursuing creditor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-15

The remuneration or subsidies provided for in

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Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-14

At their request, the director shall deliver to the persons whose shares representing their corporate rights are transferred to the special account provided for in Article L. 631-10 a certificate allo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-13

…on of payments is notified to the debtor, communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertised as provided for in article R. 621-8.

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