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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-11

When the court pronounces personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, it shall set the duration of the measure, which may not exceed fifteen years. It may order provisiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-1-1

The precautionary measures provided for in Articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1, L. 651-4, L. 692-2, L. 692-4 and L. 692-9, are subject to the provisions of the regulatory part of the Code of Civil Enforcem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-14

The penalties provided for in Articles L. 654-3 to L. 654-5 the fact, for the persons mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 654-1, in bad faith, with a view to evading all or part of their assets from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-4

The liquidator shall proceed with the liquidation operations at the same time as the verification of claims. He may initiate or pursue actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-1

Judgments and orders made in matters of ad hoc mandate, conciliation, safeguard, legal redress, professional recovery and legal liquidation are enforceable ipso jure on a provisional basis.However, ju…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Appointment of a representative in France

Article 289 A

I. - When a person not established in the European Union is liable for value added tax or is required to fulfil reporting obligations, it is required to have a taxable representative established in Fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-154

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following may not be disclosed: 1° Judgments handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis A

I. - 1. Subject to international conventions, capital gains, as defined in e bis and e ter of I of l'article 164 B, realised by the persons and bodies mentioned in 2 of I when disposing of the propert…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-2

Share consolidations provided for in article L. 228-29-1 include the obligation for shareholders to make the purchases or sales of shares necessary to carry out the reverse split. The nominal value of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-2

Mediators are set up in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to take legal action, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of the authorisation for simultaneous,…

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