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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-5

…r or practice is, or may be, to eliminate an undertaking or one of its products from a market or prevent access to a market.In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and the Department of Mayo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-5

I.-When organising or conducting voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, the operators mentioned in article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article L461-5

Parliamentary committees responsible for competition matters may hear the chairman of the Competition Authority and consult the latter on any matter falling within its remit.

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TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-5

For the offences provided for in Title IV of the present book for which a prison sentence is not incurred and for the contraventions provided for in the present book, the administrative authority resp…

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Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-5

Investigating and trial courts may provide the Competition Authority, at its request, with investigation reports or other criminal investigation documents that are directly related to the facts before…

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Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-5

From the opening judgment, any third party holder is required to hand over to the administrator or, failing this, to the judicial representative, at the latter's request, the accounting documents and…

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Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-5

When the judicial liquidation is pronounced during the observation period of safeguard or receivership proceedings, the liquidator proceeds with the liquidation operations at the same time as he compl…

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Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-5

Funds held by trustees under receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by the loi n° 67-563 du 13 juillet 1967 sur le règlement judiciaire, la liquidation des biens, la faillite personnelle et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-5

…ed on the basis of the amount remaining due to them after the property collocation. The excess of dividends they have received in previous distributions over the dividend calculated after collocation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-5

…ummoned. This period is extended to one year when the number of the debtor's employees and its turnover excluding tax exceed thresholds set by decree.The court may, by a specially reasoned ruling, ext…

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