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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Bankruptcy.

Article L654-4

When the perpetrator or accomplice to bankruptcy is a manager of an investment services provider, the penalties are increased to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-4

…r orders relating to the appointment or replacement of the juge-commissaire are not subject to appeal.

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

Article L643-4

If one or more distributions of sums precede the distribution of the price of the immovables, the preferential and mortgage creditors admitted shall contribute to the distributions in proportion to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.

Article L663-4

The official receiver is entitled, out of the debtor's assets, to reimbursement of his travel expenses.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-4

The commercial court hears promissory notes bearing the signatures of both traders and non-traders at the same time. However, it is obliged to refer to the judicial court if it is requested to do so b…

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Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-4

For the purposes of applying Article 46 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, the court or official receiver who, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, grants the request…

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TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article L670-4

At the close of the judicial liquidation operations, the court may, exceptionally, impose on the debtor a contribution intended to discharge the liabilities in the proportions it determines. To set th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII: Provisions specific to sole traders with limited liability.

Article L680-4

Unless otherwise provided, the references made by Titles I to VI of this Book to the debtor, the business, the contract and the co-contracting party shall mean, respectively: - the debtor insofar as i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings

Article L691-4

A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article L681-4

A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this title.

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