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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-16

Insufficient assets are characterised when the proceeds from the realisation of the debtor's assets and the actions and proceedings taken in the interest of the company or the creditors are no longer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-16

…Article L. 444-3, based on the cumulative amount of sums collected by all creditors or, in the absence of collection by creditors, deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations during each of…

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TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-16

…d for in article L. 662-6 are brought to the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the public prosecutor at the courts that designated the persons concerned, the regional inspecti…

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Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-16

The general meeting of the territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France meets whenever it is convened by its chairman or at the request of one third of its me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-16

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Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-16

After the report has been read and the representative of the Minister of Justice has been heard, the judge being prosecuted is invited to give his explanations and defences on the facts of which he is…

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Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-16

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, establishes each year, by order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, the list of suitability for the profession of commercial court c…

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Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-16

…of the results. The appeal shall be lodged with the chief clerk of the court of appeal against a receipt or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt; it shall be investigated and jud…

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Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article R721-16

The Board may only meet if the majority of its members are present. It may validly adopt a deliberation only with a majority of fourteen of its members.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-16

…of hearings. It may be amended in the same manner if one or more of the judges making up the court ceases to hold office. A judge may be assigned to several chambers. If the president of a chamber or…

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