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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article R3133-25

…lt interest referred to in Article L. 3133-13 is equal to the interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its most recent main refinancing operations, in force on the first day of the half-y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-25

The companies receiving the contributions resulting from the demerger are jointly and severally liable to the bondholders and non-bondholders of the demerged company, in place of the latter, without t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-25

…the undertakings included in the consolidation and occurring between the closing date of their balance sheet and the closing date of the consolidated balance sheet are taken into account in the prepar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-25

…ncial year. Unless dispensation is granted by a court decision, the liquidator convenes, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Articles of Association, at least once a year and within six m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-25

…es of furniture by public auction on a permanent basis in their country of origin shall use, in France, their capacity expressed in the language or one of the languages of the State in which they are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-25

…r must comply, on pain of nullity, with the forms prescribed by decree. This waiver may not take place before the expiry of a cooling-off period of seven clear days from receipt of the request for wai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-25

When a bill of exchange is payable on a fixed day in a place where the calendar is different from that of the place of issue, the date of maturity is deemed to be fixed according to the calendar of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-25

To each goods receipt shall be annexed, under the name of warrant, a pledge note containing the same particulars as the receipt. Goods receipts and warrants annexed thereto shall be extracted from a c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-25

…ebt of a third party.In the case of claims in foreign currency, conversion into euros shall take place at the exchange rate on the date of the opening judgment.Unless it results from a writ of executi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-25

…tive as commissioner responsible for overseeing the implementation of the plan. The court may, if necessary, appoint several commissioners.At the request of the debtor, the court may entrust the admin…

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