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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-1

…business.Applications for forfeiture of the term made under the two preceding paragraphs before the Commercial Court are subject to the procedural rules laid down by the fourth paragraph of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-6

…ness, the decision by virtue of which one is acting, an election of domicile in the place where the commercial court in whose jurisdiction the business is operated has its seat, the various constituen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15

The successful bidder is obliged to take the equipment and goods existing at the time of taking possession, at the prices set by an amicable or judicial expertise, contradictorily between the outbid b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15-1

The order of preference between creditors registered on the business and creditors registered on an element of the business is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published. Cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-7

Until the management lease contract is published, the lessor of the business is jointly and severally liable with the managing lessee for any debts contracted by the latter in connection with the oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 125-17, the grouping or company may not proceed with the installation of a new successful bidder unless the former holder of the shares o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-4

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, articles L. 632-1 to L. 632-4 are applicable to pledges of goodwill.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-22

…of the judicial court, who shall rule in the forms provided for leases of buildings or premises for commercial, industrial or craft use.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-1

Notwithstanding any clause to the contrary, any contract or agreement by which the owner or operator of a business or craft establishment wholly or partly leases it to a manager who operates it at his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-11

If the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, the revision of the rent may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be requested whenever, as a result of the operation of th…

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