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Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (repealed)
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1.Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, the law applicable to insolvency proceedings and their effects shall be that of the Member State within the territory of which such proceedings are opened, hereafter referred to as the ‘State of the opening of proceedings’.
2.The law of the State of the opening of proceedings shall determine the conditions for the opening of those proceedings, their conduct and their closure. It shall determine in particular:
(a)against which debtors insolvency proceedings may be brought on account of their capacity;
(b)the assets which form part of the estate and the treatment of assets acquired by or devolving on the debtor after the opening of the insolvency proceedings;
(c)the respective powers of the debtor and the liquidator;
(d)the conditions under which set-offs may be invoked;
(e)the effects of insolvency proceedings on current contracts to which the debtor is party;
(f)the effects of the insolvency proceedings on proceedings brought by individual creditors, with the exception of lawsuits pending;
(g)the claims which are to be lodged against the debtor's estate and the treatment of claims arising after the opening of insolvency proceedings;
(h)the rules governing the lodging, verification and admission of claims;
(i)the rules governing the distribution of proceeds from the realisation of assets, the ranking of claims and the rights of creditors who have obtained partial satisfaction after the opening of insolvency proceedings by virtue of a right in rem or through a set-off;
(j)the conditions for and the effects of closure of insolvency proceedings, in particular by composition;
(k)creditors' rights after the closure of insolvency proceedings;
(l)who is to bear the costs and expenses incurred in the insolvency proceedings;
(m)the rules relating to the voidness, voidability or unenforceability of legal acts detrimental to all the creditors.
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