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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-13

An action for liability based on the annulment of the company or of the acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the date on which the annulment de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-13

In groupings that meet one of the criteria defined in Article L. 232-2, directors are required to draw up a statement of realisable and available assets, excluding going concern values, and current li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-13

All actions against non-liquidating partners or their surviving spouses, heirs or assigns shall be barred after five years from publication of the dissolution of the company in the Trade and Companies…

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Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-13

A fine of €4,500 shall be imposed if the chairman of the general meeting of bondholders fails to record the decisions of any general meeting of bondholders in minutes, stating the date and place of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-13

An operator of voluntary sales of movable property by public auction mentioned in article L. 321-4 may grant the seller an advance on the auction price of the property offered for sale.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-13

…e amount of his loss less the share of the loss attributable to the co-debtor party to the settlement. The co-debtors not party to the settlement may not claim from the co-debtor party to the settleme…

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Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-13

Where the endorsement contains the words "valeur en recouvrement", "pour encaissement", "par procuration", or any other wording implying a simple mandate, the bearer may exercise all the rights derivi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-13

The professional activity to which the assets are assigned is subject to independent accounting, established under the conditions defined in the articles L. 123-12 à L. 123-23 et L. 123-25 to L. 123-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-13

One or more standard regulations shall lay down, within the framework of the provisions of this chapter and of the Decree in Council of State adopted for its application, the operating conditions of t…

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TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-13

…ts obligations despite the debtor's failure to perform commitments made prior to the opening judgment. Failure to perform these undertakings only gives rise to a right in favour of the creditors to a…

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