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Article L231-20 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

It is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for the liquidator to use, in bad faith, the assets or credit of the company in liquidation in a way that he knows to be contrary to its interests, for personal purposes or to favour another company or business in which he has a direct or indirect interest.

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Article L231-20

Est puni d’un emprisonnement de cinq ans et d’une amende de 9 000 euros le fait, pour le liquidateur, de faire, de mauvaise foi, des biens ou du crédit de la société en liquidation un usage qu’il sait contraire à l’intérêt de celle-ci, à des fins personnelles ou pour favoriser une autre société ou entreprise dans laquelle il est intéressé directement ou indirectement.

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