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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-12

…ess alone and in full and where each of the thresholds mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 621-4 is reached, the court appoints one or more experts to assist them in their management missi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-26

…case of debt forgiveness or conversions into securities giving or capable of giving access to capital. Article L. 626-6 is applicable. The preferential right provided for in 2° of III of Article L. 62…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-4

At the end of the procedure for verification and admission of claims as provided for in Article L. 644-3 and the realisation of assets, the liquidator shall include his proposals for distribution on t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-6

…east one statutory auditor and, when the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of article L. 823-1 are present, an alternate chosen from the list referred to in Article L. 822-1, who shall p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10

…the national lists, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 or the first paragraph of II of Article L. 812-2, are placed under the supervision of the P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-27

I. - Subject to the application of article L. 133-7 of the Tourism Code, the proceeds of the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax are allocated to expenditure intended to encourage the tourist industr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L3334-2

…p at the initiative of the company or in accordance with one of the procedures mentioned in article L. 3322-6. The plan may be set up without using the services of the institution mentioned in I of ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-9

…join the insurance scheme individually and whose employer does not fall within the scope of article L. 5422-13 ; 4° Where applicable, contributions from employees, with the exception of expatriate emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-31

For the medicinal products of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5111-4 , marketing authorisation holders and pharmaceutical companies exploiting medicinal products draw up and impleme…

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