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Article L654-17 of the French Commercial code

The criminal court is seised either on the prosecution of the public prosecutor or on the filing of a civil party action by the administrator, the court-appointed agent, the employees’ representative, the commissioner for the implementation of the plan, the liquidator or the majority of the creditors appointed as controllers acting in the collective interest of the creditors when the court-appointed agent with standing to act has not acted, after formal notice has remained unanswered within a period and under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L654-17

La juridiction répressive est saisie soit sur la poursuite du ministère public, soit sur constitution de partie civile de l’administrateur, du mandataire judiciaire, du représentant des salariés, du commissaire à l’exécution du plan, du liquidateur ou de la majorité des créanciers nommés contrôleurs agissant dans l’intérêt collectif des créanciers lorsque le mandataire de justice ayant qualité pour agir n’a pas agi, après une mise en demeure restée sans suite dans un délai et des conditions fixés par décret en Conseil d’Etat.

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