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Article L626-1 of the French Commercial code

Where there is a serious possibility that the company can be safeguarded, the court will draw up a plan to this end, which will put an end to the observation period. The safeguard plan includes, where appropriate, the cessation, addition or transfer of one or more activities. Transfers made pursuant to this article are subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter II of Title IV and to those…

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Article L626-2 of the French Commercial code

In the light of the economic, social and, where applicable, environmental assessment, the debtor, with the assistance of the administrator, shall propose a plan, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 622-10. The draft plan mentions the commitments to make cash contributions made for the implementation of the plan. The draft plan determines the prospects for recovery based on the possibilities and terms of business, the…

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Article L626-2-1 of the French Commercial code

When the debtor carries on an activity, benefiting from an administrative authorisation, approval, conventionnement or habilitation, mentioned in II of Article 1 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, it shall consult the administrative authority or the control and pricing authority to draw up the draft plan. The administrator, where one has been appointed, shall ensure that these consultations have been carried…

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Article L626-3 of the French Commercial code

Where the draft plan provides for a change in the capital or the articles of association, the extraordinary general meeting or the shareholders’ meeting and, where their approval is required, the special meetings referred to in articles L. 225-99 and L. 228-35-6 or the general meetings of the masses referred to in article L. 228-103 are convened under conditions defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat. The court may decide…

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Article L626-5 of the French Commercial code

Proposals for the settlement of debts may relate to deadlines, remissions and conversions into securities giving or capable of giving access to capital. They are, as and when they are drawn up and under the supervision of the official receiver, communicated by the administrator to the judicial representative, the auditors and the social and economic committee. Where the proposal relates to deadlines and discounts, the judicial representative shall obtain, individually…

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Article L626-6 of the French Commercial code

Financial administrations, social security bodies, institutions managing the unemployment insurance scheme provided for in articles L. 351-3 et seq. of the Labour Code and the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code may agree to remit all or part of its debts to the debtor on terms similar to those that would be granted, under normal market conditions, by a private economic operator in the same situation….

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Article L626-8 of the French Commercial code

The social and economic committee and the mandataire judiciaire shall be informed and consulted on the measures that the debtor intends to propose in the draft plan in light of the information and offers received. They shall also be informed and consulted, as well as the auditor(s), on the economic and social balance sheet and the draft plan, which shall be communicated to them by the administrator and supplemented, where…

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Article L626-9 of the French Commercial code

After hearing or duly summoning the debtor, the administrator, the judicial representative, the auditors and the representatives of the works council or, failing that, the employee delegates, the court shall rule on the basis of the documents provided for in article L. 626-8, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor. When the proceedings are opened in favour of a debtor who employs a number of employees or who has…

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Article L626-10 of the French Commercial code

The plan designates the persons required to implement it and mentions all the commitments made by them that are necessary to safeguard the business. It mentions separately the cash contributions of the persons who have undertaken to make them in order to implement the safeguard plan approved by the court. These commitments relate to the future of the business, the arrangements for maintaining and financing the business, the settlement of…

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