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Vocabulary III: Mag 2 S2: Company law, insolvency and tax law Flashcards

1
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Comptabilité

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Accounts

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2
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Pertes cumulées

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Accumulated losses

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3
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Administration judiciaire, procédure de sauvegarde (selon le contexte)

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Administration

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Redressement non-judiciaire/administration confiée à un séquestre

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Administration

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5
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Administrateur

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Administrator

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Commandité, préposé

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Agent

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7
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Attribuer (des droits)

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To allot

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Taxe d’habitation; cotisation foncière des entreprises (CFE)

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Annual tax on enveloped dwellings

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9
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Arriérés

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Arrears

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10
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Statuts

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Articles of association

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Actif

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Assets

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12
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Faillite personnelle

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Bankruptcy

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13
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Etre garanti par une sûreté réelle sur des actifs

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To be secured by a fixed charge over assets

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14
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Conseil d’administration/comité de direction

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Board of directors

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15
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Bonne foi

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bona fide/ in, of good faith

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16
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Succursale

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Branch

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17
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Abus de confiance

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Breach of trust

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18
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Impôts fonciers dûs par les entreprises (aux autorités locales)

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Business rates

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19
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Plus-value

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Capital gain

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20
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Impôt sur les plus-values

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Capital gains tax

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21
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Sûreté

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Charge

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22
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Syndicat des créanciers

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Committe (creditors’ or liquidation)

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23
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Administration du RCS

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Companies House

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24
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Extrait K-bis

A

Company search

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25
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Concordat/moratoire amiable entre créanciers chirographaires d’une société

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Company voluntary arrangement (CVA)

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26
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Société de capitaux

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Company

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27
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Moratoire/concordat

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Composition

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28
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Liquidation judiciaire

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Compulsory liquidation

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29
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Homicide involontaire des personnes morales

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Corporate manslaughter

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30
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Personnalité morale

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Corporate personality

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31
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Impôt sur les sociétés

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Corporation tax

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32
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Officier ministériel

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Court officer

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33
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Créancier

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Creditor

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34
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Réunion des créanciers

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Creditors’ meeting

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35
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Liquidation volontaire à la demande des créanciers

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Creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL)

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36
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Crystallisation

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Cristallisation

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37
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Directeur de fait

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De facto director/ shadow director

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38
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Directeur de droit

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De jure director

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39
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Reconnaissance de dette

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Debenture

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40
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Obligations/ VM donnant droit à l’attribution de titres de créances

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Debenture stock

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41
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Dette OU créance

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Debt

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42
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Capitaux ‘emprunt

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Debt capital/ loan capital

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43
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Débiteur

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Debtor

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44
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Manquement

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Default

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45
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Impôt direct

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Direct tax

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46
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Dirigeant

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Director

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47
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Interdiction de gérer

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Disqualification

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48
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Dissiper des actifs

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Dissipate assets

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49
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Dividende

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Dividend

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50
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Demande un extrait K-Bis

A

Do a company search

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51
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Dû

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Due

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52
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Choisir

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Elect

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53
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Signer/ratifier

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Endors/endorsement

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54
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Patrimoine

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Estate

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55
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Moratoire amiable entre créanciers

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Fast-track voluntary arrangement (FTVA)

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56
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Obligation fiduciaire

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Fiduciary duty

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57
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Déposer les comptes de la société

A

File the company’s accounts

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58
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Cabinet

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Firm

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59
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Sûreté réelle (if applicable to property)

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Fixed charge

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60
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Sûreté “flottante”/ droit de gage général

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Floating charge

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61
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Renoncement

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Forfeiture/forfeit

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62
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Pratique commerciale frauduleuse

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Fraudulent trading

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63
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Taxe générale sur les activités polluantes (TGAP)

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Fuel duty

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Etre liquidée (for a company)

A

Go bust/ go belly up (colloquial)/ To be wound up

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65
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En ativité (pour une PM)

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Going concern

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66
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Siège social

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Head office/ registered office

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67
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Trésor public/ fisc

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HM Revenue and Customs

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68
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Mettre en oeuvre

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Implement

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69
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Impôt sur le revenu

A

Income tax

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70
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Société immatriculée au RCS

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Incorporated business structure/ body corporate/ registered company

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71
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S’endetter

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To incure debts

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72
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Impôt indirect

A

Indirect tax

73
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Registre des faillites personnelles

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Individual Insolvency Register (IIR)

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Concordat/moratoire amiable entre créanciers chirographaires d’une personne physique

A

Individual voluntary arrangement

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Impôt sur les successions

A

Inheritance tax

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Droit des procédures collectives

A

Insolvency law

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Administrateur/liquidateur (for companies)/ syndic de faillite (for individuals)/ administrateur judiciaire/ mandataire judiciaire

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Insolvency practitioner (IP)

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Procédures collectives

A

Insolvency procedures

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Insolvency/ insolvent

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Insolvabilité/ situation de cessation de paiements

80
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Emission/ émettre

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Issue/ to issue

81
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Responsabilité conjointe et solidaire

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Joint and several liability

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Responsabilité conjointe

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Joint liability

83
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Taxe de mise en décharge

A

Landfill tax

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Personnalité juridique

A

Legal entity

85
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Passif (as opposed to actif)

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Liabilities

86
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Responsabilité

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Lever le voile de la personnalité morale/ lever le voile corporatif

A

Lift/pierce the corporate veil

88
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Société à responsabilité limitée aux apports

A

Limited company

89
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Partenariat

A

Limited partnership

90
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Liquidation

A

Liquidation

91
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Liquidateur

A

Liquidator

92
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Société côtée en bourse

A

Listed company

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Liquidation volontaire à la demande des membres de la société

A

Members’ voluntary liquidation (MVL)

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Acte constitutif

A

Memorandum of association

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Abus de biens sociaux

A

Misuse of company assets

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Créancier hypothécaire/ débiteur hypothécaire

A

Mortgagee/ mortgagor

97
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Clause définissant l’objet de la société

A

Objects clause

98
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Poste (de dirigeant)

A

Office (of a director)

99
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Juge commissaire, administrateur judiciaire

A

Official receiver (OR)

100
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Résolution ordinaire

A

Ordinary resolution

101
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Sommes dues

A

Outstanding monies

102
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Découvert bancaire

103
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Associé

104
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Société de personnes

A

Partnership

105
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Adopter une rsolution

A

Pass a resolution

106
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Imposition par une retenue à la source

A

Pay as you earn (PAYE)

107
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Apurement du passif

A

Payment of debts/liabilities

108
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Droit de préemption

A

Pre-emption right

109
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Actions privilégiées

A

Preference shares

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Créancier privilégié

A

Preferential creditor

111
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Ordre de paiement (des créanciers)

A

Priority list

112
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Société à responsabilité limitée

A

Private limited company

113
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Déclaration de créance

A

Proof of debt

114
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Mandat/ procuration ou mandataire/titulaire d’une procuration

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Quorum

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Réunir des capitaux

A

Raise capital

117
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Vente/ cession

118
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Administrateur-séquestre

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Actions rachetables

A

Redeemable shares

120
Q

Immatriculer une société au RCS

A

Register a company with the Registrar of Companies

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Registre des sûretés

A

Register of charges

122
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Société immatriculée au RCS

A

Registerer company

123
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Immatriculation

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Registration

124
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Destitution

125
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Démission

A

Resignation

126
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Résolution

A

Resolution

127
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Départ à la retraite

A

Retirement

128
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Créancier privilégié

A

Secured creditor

129
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Créance garantie, protégée

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Secured debenture

130
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Sûreté

131
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Auto-évaluation

A

Self-assessment

132
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Vendre une entreprise en activité

A

Sell a business as a going concern

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Notification

A

Service/ serve

134
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Monter une société

A

Set up a company

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Action

136
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Capital par actions

A

Share capital

137
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Actionnaire

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Shareholder

138
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Personne exerçant en profession libérale

A

Sole practitioner

139
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Entrepreneur d’une entreprise individuelle/ auto-entrepreneur

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Sole proprietor/ sole trader

140
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Solvabilité

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Solvency/ solvent

141
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Droits d’enregistrement et de timbres relatifs aux transactions immobilières

A

Stamp duty land tax (SDLT)

142
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Impôt applicable aux transactions portant sur des actions cotées

A

Stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT)

143
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Bilan patrimonial

A

Statement of affairs

144
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Etat de conformité

A

Statement of compliance

145
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Mise en demeure avant assignation à fin de faillite/liquidation

A

Statutory demand

146
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Radier

A

Strike off

147
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Filiale

A

Subsidiary

148
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Convoquer

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Summon up/ convene

149
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Renoncer à une somme d’argent

A

Surrender/ forfeit a sum of money

150
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Evitement fiscal

A

Tax avoidance (not in itself a criminal offence)

151
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Evasion fiscale

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Tax evasion (criminal offence)

152
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Planification fiscale

A

Tax planning

153
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Allègement/ dégrèvement fiscal

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Tax relief

154
Q

Déclaration d’impôts

A

Tax return form

155
Q

Seuil

156
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Commerce

157
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Raison sociale

A

Trading name

158
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Société à responsabilité indéfinie et solidaire/ SNC

A

Unlimited company

159
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Créancier chirographaire

A

Unsecured creditor

160
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Créance non garantie, non protégée

A

Unsecured debenture

161
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Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée

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Value Added Tax (VAT)

162
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Faillite personnelle volontaire

A

Voluntary bankruptcy

163
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Mise en liquidation volontaire

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Voluntary liquidation

164
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Infraction en col blanc

A

White collar crime

165
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Liquider une société

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Wind up/liquidate a company

166
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Jugement de mise en liquidation judiciaire

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Winding up order

167
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Demande d’ouverture d’une procédure de liquidation judiciaire

A

Winding up petition

168
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Crédit d’impôt pour travailleurs à bas revenus

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Working tax credit

169
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Négligence sanctionnable (dans la gestion d’une personne morale)

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Wrongful trading

170
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Prêt hypothécaire

171
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Vendre l’actif de l’entreprise

A

Realize the assets of the company

172
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Les produits, les recettes

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The proceeds

173
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Company’s ability to make enough money to stay afloat or avoid bankruptcy

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Continue as a going concern

174
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Rembourser

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To pay off

175
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Compenser une dette avec une autre

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Set off a debt against another

176
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Remettre une dette

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Write off a debt

177
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Frauder

178
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Saisir

A

To distrain

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