The thesis is focused on the analysis of legislation concerning loans and usage of contractual undertakings for the purpose of protection of the credit institution in the field of loans provided to corporations. Loan represent an economic tool that enables to provide a temporarily unused financial sources to another subject based on agreed terms and returnable character for the consideration in the form of interest payment. Corporation represent a form of legal person that is based on organized association of persons (physical and legal). The credit institution is exposed to a number of risks in relation to loans business. In the forefront it is exposed to the credit risk of non-payment of the debt by the debtor at maturity date mainly because of factual inability (deficient sources) to repay the debt. The credit institution is next to the credit risk exposed to other risks - liquidity risk, market risks (interest and exchange rate risk) and risk of changes of legislation (regulatory environment). Analysis of applicable contractual undertakings for the purpose of reduction of credit and other risks represent the main focus of the thesis. The thesis is in this context focused also on the economic aspects next to the legal issues, especially risk analysis beforehand of the application of the...

This thesis first describes the insolvency proceedings in general, explains basic concepts, describes the different stages of insolvency proceedings and introduces the reader to the entitiesin the insolvency process. It also explains what is a bankruptcy and presents possible ways of solving it. The current situation in relation to insolvency proceedings is shown based on the basic statistics. In the next section, the thesis is focused on the classification of debts and the possibility of creditors to submit their claims in an insolvency proceeding. It also deals with special cases that may occur. The final part of the thesis describes an example application of claims in practise, incl. complications that the creditor must solve.

A real security right improves a creditor’s chances of recovering a debt owed to him by the debtor. In the case of an ordinary pledge, the pledgor delivers physical control of his movable property to his creditor to serve as security for the repayment of the principal debt. The increasing value and use of movable property as an object of security coupled with technological advancement have resulted in many countries calling for legal reform of real security rights over movable property. In South Africa this led to the introduction of the Security by Means of Movable Property Act 57 of 1993 which makes provision for a pledge without possession. The Act regulates only special notarial bonds and does not apply to general notarial bonds. The real security right vests in the bondholder upon registration of the bond, provided that the movable property encumbered is described in a notarial bond in a way that makes it readily recognisable. The Act has substituted delivery with registration in the Deeds Registry. Registration of the notarial bond in the Deeds Registry is questioned as to whether it complies with the publicity principle. This is because movable property can be shifted from one place to another without any knowledge on the part of the creditor due to the inaccessible and costly registration system. The third party then receives the property subject to the real security right of the creditor. The substitution of delivery with registration is the controversial feature in this study. Linked to the legal problems regarding compliance with the publicity principle, is the description and identification requirement as provided for under the Act, the exclusion of general notarial bonds from the application of the Act, and the question of whether it is appropriate to regard special notarial bonds as pledges without possession. This study questions whether the current land registry system should be used for the registration of notarial bonds and suggests that a new system designed specifically for the registration of real security rights over movables be considered. I compare the position in the Belgian legal system as regards developments in real security rights over movables to identify possible solutions and recommendations for the South African approach. / Private Law / LL. M.

Gauteng, one of the nine provinces of South Africa, has a high number of households as compared to the other provinces. Geographically the province has the smallest land size, however it forms the central part of the South African economy. From the total value of credit granted in all provinces, Gauteng has the highest. The province has a high number of registered debt counsellors and an increasing number of consumers who apply for debt counselling because of over-indebtedness. The high number of the registered debt counsellors and consumers seeking debt counselling service gave rise to the purpose of the study. The purpose of the study was to assess the role of debt counselling services provided by debt counsellors to consumers on the one hand, and to also assess whether debt counselling has had a positive effect on the personal financial well-being of consumers who participated in the debt counselling process on the other hand. Furthermore, the study aimed at developing a framework that will empower consumers to be self-sufficient with their finances. From the purpose of the study, two research questions were proposed: (1) How does the debt counselling service provided by debt counsellors assist consumers to manage their finances effectively? (2) Which role does the debt counselling service provided by debt counsellors play in terms of the personal financial well-being of consumers? In an attempt to answer research questions, the theoretical framework of both personal finance and debt counselling were studied. The importance of personal finance, personal financial planning, the evolution of debt counselling, the effectiveness and the ineffectiveness of debt counselling services were identified. A two-phased sequential design (qualitative and quantitative) was used. Fifteen debt counsellors were selected (for the first phase of the study) by making use of a purposeful sampling. These debt counsellors were interviewed and further requested to identify and send questionnaires to consumers whom they have rendered debt counselling service between the years 2007 and 2013. In the second phase of the study, 300 over-indebted consumers were surveyed through a snowball non-probability sampling technique and a response rate of 61% was realised. Data was analysed using ATLAS.ti and the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for the first and the second data collected respectively. Furthermore, the exploratory factor analysis was used to analyse the data, and the factorability of the data was assessed by means of two statistical measures, namely Bartlett’s test of sphericity and Kaizer Meyer-Olkin. It was observed that most debt counsellors lack financial management knowledge and do not have mechanisms to verify their clients’ financial well-being after debt counselling service had been completed. In addition, there was no evidence that consumers who received debt counselling improved in their financial well-being and that consumers also lacked personal financial management skills. The study concluded that, although debt counselling is essential, it does not necessarily assist consumers to effectively manage their finances. The study purports to suggest the following: Debt counsellors should be subjected to formal financial management training prior to their registration, debt counsellors should provide personal financial management education to their clients, and assess the financial management conduct of their clients once debt counselling process is complete, and debt counsellors should establish debt counsellors’ forums. The South African government (in conjunction with the Department of Education and Training) should introduce and implement personal financial management education in both primary and high schools’ curricula. Personal financial management should continue to be offered at adult learning centres as well as other institutions of higher learning. Employers should appoint employee wellness officers who will provide personal finance training to employees. Credit providers should take the responsibility of educating their clients on how to manage their accounts and the importance of paying debts on time. The South African media should also be used by the government and the NCR to educate and inform consumers about finance-related matters. Finally consumers should seek guidance and advice before making financial commitments. The study concluded by suggesting a framework that should help consumers to manage and sustain their financial well-being. / Business Management / DCOM (Business Management)

Le financement constitue le nerf de l’activité de l’entreprise et de son développement. Dès lors, le fournisseur de concours est le partenaire privilégié à qui incombe la difficile mission de financer les entreprises, particulièrement lorsque s’ouvre une procédure. L’octroi de crédit est ainsi au cœur du droit des entreprises en difficulté. De fait, le débiteur « failli » va manquer à ses engagements et perturber l’ordre juridique. Apparaît alors le facteur risque dans l’octroi de crédit aux entreprises en difficulté. Ce risque se traduit, pour le banquier, par l’incertitude de recouvrement de sa créance ou par les vicissitudes du contrat bancaire dont la continuation ou la cession peut lui être imposée. Cependant, le risque ne doit pas justifier le refus du banquier d’accorder du crédit au débiteur défaillant. Le droit se doit d’intégrer la prise de risque dans la fourniture de crédit. Dans ce contexte, le fournisseur de concours ne se présente pas comme un créancier comme les autres. Il y a alors inégalité des créanciers en fonction de leur influence dans le sauvetage du débiteur. C’est cette hypothèse qui nous a servi de fil conducteur. La recevabilité de l’action est neutralisée et devient une technique au service d’une finalité : la sauvegarde de l’entreprise. A cet égard, le fournisseur de concours dispose d’un traitement protecteur d’une part, et demeure exposé aux règles de la procédure d’autre part. Le pendant de la protection est par conséquent son incontournable exposition par le maintien de sa responsabilité. / Financing is the nerve of the firm’s activity and its development. From then on, the financial assistance provider is the privileged partner who has the difficult mission of financing firm’s activities, particularly when a bankruptcy procedure is opened. So, crediting is the heart of bankruptcy law. De facto, the insolvent debtor will miss in his commitments and will disrupt the legal order. So appears the financial assistance provided to ailing firm’s risk. This risk is translated, for the banker, by the uncertainty of recovering of its debt or by the vicissitude of the banking contract which continuation or transfer can be imposed. However, the risk does not have to justify the banker to refuse granting credit to the failing debtor. Legal system has to consider risk-taking into the supply of credit. In this context, the financial assistance provider does not appear as other creditors. Then there is disparity of creditors according to their influence in the rescue of the debtor. It is this hypothesis that led our work. The admissibility of the action is neutralized and becomes a technique in the service of a purpose: the saving of the firm. In this respect, the financial assistance provider has a best treatment, on one hand, and he still being exposed to bankruptcy rules, on the other hand. The result of this best treatment is consequently he’s main exposure to the implementation of its liability.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Veronica SPRANGIM.pdf: 714835 bytes, checksum: 2147d9db1053b7cbaac71544c4217959 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-09 / The objective of this work is to systematize the rules concerning the income tax imposed on the earnings of a legal entity domiciled in Brazil derived from a branch based overseas. To begin with an analysis was made of the rules present in the Federal Constitution, in order to identify the minimum content of the income concept and verification of the compatibility between the Constitution and the pertinent rules contained in the Brazilian Tax Code ( Código Tributário Nacional ). With reference to the structural rule of corporate income tax, we analyzed the calculation basis of the tax, examining at greater depth the negative elements in its composition. Given the need of fixing the content of the vocabulum used in the Federal Constitution for the identification of the elements of the income tax levy event, we resumed the question of the limits imposed on the statutory legislator in the exercise of his taxing power upon producing the institutor laws of this tax, especially in relation to the income , profit , assets and liabilities and legal entity concepts. We verified the existing relationship between the taxpayer and the fact described in the structural rule of income tax on the profits of legal entities, in an effort to identify the limits in the election of the debtor and the corresponding effect on the calculation basis, specifically, in the cases wherein it, the legal entity, applies the material criterion: earn income . We address the case of a legal entity owner of several establishments and the respective legal implication for the purposes of income tax. Finally, always through the application of a systematic method of interpretation, we study the rules that discipline the income earned by a legal entity domiciled in Brazil through a branch based overseas / O objetivo deste trabalho é sistematizar as normas referentes ao imposto sobre a renda incidente sobre os resultados de pessoa jurídica domiciliada no Brasil auferidos através de filial localizada no exterior. Partiu-se da análise das normas presentes na Constituição Federal na busca da identificação do conteúdo mínimo do conceito de renda . Verificou-se a compatibilidade entre a Constituição e as normas pertinentes veiculadas no Código Tributário Nacional. Com referência à regra-matriz do imposto sobre a renda, analisou-se a sua base de cálculo, com aprofundamento sobre os elementos negativos na sua composição. Dada a necessidade de fixação do conteúdo dos vocábulos utilizados na Constituição Federal para a identificação dos elementos da hipótese de incidência do imposto sobre a renda, retomamos o questionamento dos limites impostos ao legislador ordinário no exercício de sua competência tributária ao produzir normas instituidoras desse imposto, especialmente em relação aos conceitos e conteúdos de renda , lucro , patrimônio , pessoa jurídica .Verificamos a relação existente entre o contribuinte e o fato descrito no antecedente da norma jurídica tributária do imposto de renda sobre o lucro da pessoa jurídica, em busca da identificação dos limites na fixação do sujeito passivo, bem como, refletimos sobre a manipulação nessa escolha e o correspondente efeito na base de cálculo, especificadamente, nas hipóteses em que ela, pessoa jurídica, realiza o critério material: auferir renda . Abordamos a hipótese de pessoa jurídica titular de diversos estabelecimentos e a respectiva implicação legal para efeitos do imposto sobre a renda. Por fim, sempre mediante a aplicação do método sistemático de interpretação, debruçamo-nos sobre as normas que disciplinam os resultados auferidos por pessoa jurídica domiciliada no Brasil através de filial localizada no exterior

Claims are special kind of property. They are tangible property, where its owner has limited possibilities of its exploitation. They ae property, which is bailed to another person without compensation. Claims are interest-free commercial credit granted to a debtor. High share of claims in total circulating property can affect negatively on trend of conditions for economic activity. Claims tie sources necessary to acquisition stock needful for production or business activity. In case of irrecoverable claims is possible to reach indirect reduction their evaluation in accounting by way of adjusting items. Claims are the only property, where is creation of adjustment on fulfilment of a condition tax deductible cost. On the limiation of claim do not arise obligation for creditor to eliminate claim from the property. Creditor can willingly decide of elimination of claim anytime. On fulfilment of conditions fixed in the Income Tax Act is junk value of claim tax deductible. When the lawful conditions are not fulfiled, in the case of claim retirement is not the cost incurred by the write-off tax deductible. Here is also the possibility to transfer a debt to another person. In this way is danger of default of payment eliminated. Achievement of claim settlement is also possible by inclusion mutual claims between creditor and debtor.

Gauteng, one of the nine provinces of South Africa, has a high number of households as compared to the other provinces. Geographically the province has the smallest land size, however it forms the central part of the South African economy. From the total value of credit granted in all provinces, Gauteng has the highest. The province has a high number of registered debt counsellors and an increasing number of consumers who apply for debt counselling because of over-indebtedness. The high number of the registered debt counsellors and consumers seeking debt counselling service gave rise to the purpose of the study. The purpose of the study was to assess the role of debt counselling services provided by debt counsellors to consumers on the one hand, and to also assess whether debt counselling has had a positive effect on the personal financial well-being of consumers who participated in the debt counselling process on the other hand. Furthermore, the study aimed at developing a framework that will empower consumers to be self-sufficient with their finances. From the purpose of the study, two research questions were proposed: (1) How does the debt counselling service provided by debt counsellors assist consumers to manage their finances effectively? (2) Which role does the debt counselling service provided by debt counsellors play in terms of the personal financial well-being of consumers? In an attempt to answer research questions, the theoretical framework of both personal finance and debt counselling were studied. The importance of personal finance, personal financial planning, the evolution of debt counselling, the effectiveness and the ineffectiveness of debt counselling services were identified. A two-phased sequential design (qualitative and quantitative) was used. Fifteen debt counsellors were selected (for the first phase of the study) by making use of a purposeful sampling. These debt counsellors were interviewed and further requested to identify and send questionnaires to consumers whom they have rendered debt counselling service between the years 2007 and 2013. In the second phase of the study, 300 over-indebted consumers were surveyed through a snowball non-probability sampling technique and a response rate of 61% was realised. Data was analysed using ATLAS.ti and the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for the first and the second data collected respectively. Furthermore, the exploratory factor analysis was used to analyse the data, and the factorability of the data was assessed by means of two statistical measures, namely Bartlett’s test of sphericity and Kaizer Meyer-Olkin. It was observed that most debt counsellors lack financial management knowledge and do not have mechanisms to verify their clients’ financial well-being after debt counselling service had been completed. In addition, there was no evidence that consumers who received debt counselling improved in their financial well-being and that consumers also lacked personal financial management skills. The study concluded that, although debt counselling is essential, it does not necessarily assist consumers to effectively manage their finances. The study purports to suggest the following: Debt counsellors should be subjected to formal financial management training prior to their registration, debt counsellors should provide personal financial management education to their clients, and assess the financial management conduct of their clients once debt counselling process is complete, and debt counsellors should establish debt counsellors’ forums. The South African government (in conjunction with the Department of Education and Training) should introduce and implement personal financial management education in both primary and high schools’ curricula. Personal financial management should continue to be offered at adult learning centres as well as other institutions of higher learning. Employers should appoint employee wellness officers who will provide personal finance training to employees. Credit providers should take the responsibility of educating their clients on how to manage their accounts and the importance of paying debts on time. The South African media should also be used by the government and the NCR to educate and inform consumers about finance-related matters. Finally consumers should seek guidance and advice before making financial commitments. The study concluded by suggesting a framework that should help consumers to manage and sustain their financial well-being. / Business Management / DCOM (Business Management)

Les promesses de payer sont des contrats par lesquels une personne s’engage envers un créancier à payer ce qui lui est dû. De tels actes sont courants ; leurs applications sont variées. Le cautionnement, l’acceptation d’une lettre de change, la promesse d’exécuter une obligation naturelle, l’engagement du délégué envers le délégataire, le constitut, la garantie autonome, la souscription d’un billet à ordre, etc., sont des promesses de payer. Plus précisément, ces actes sont des applications diverses d’une même figure juridique : la promesse de payer. Cette dernière, déshabillée des particularités propres à chacune de ses applications spéciales, se présente comme une figure juridique unitaire, pourvue d’une nature et de caractères permanents. Ayant pour objet un paiement, elle suppose toujours l’existence d’une dette à acquitter. Cette dette, ou « obligation principale », constitue sa cause objective. Contrairement à une simple reconnaissance de dette, la promesse ne se borne pas à déclarer l’existence de celle-ci. En tant qu’engagement d’exécution, elle donne naissance à une nouvelle obligation, l’ « obligation de règlement », venant s’adjoindre à la première en vue de son paiement. L’obligation de règlement, à ce titre, constitue l’accessoire de l’obligation principale. Son régime, de sa naissance à son extinction, sera donc plus ou moins lié à celui de cette dernière. / Promises to pay are contracts by which a person commits to pay to a creditor what is owed to him. Such acts are as common as they are various. For instance, bond, acceptance of a bill of exchange, promise to perform a natural obligation, commitment of the delegate to the delegatee, autonomous guarantee, subscription of a promissory note, etc. are promises to pay. In fact, such acts are different applications of a single legal figure : the promise to pay. Apart from the specificities of each of its applications, the promise to pay reveals itself as a uniform legal act with a permanent nature. Because its subject consists in a payment, the promise to pay always presupposes the existence of a debt. Such debt, or “primary obligation”, is the “objective cause” of the promise. Unlike a simple “IOU”, a promise to pay is not limited to declare the existence of the primary obligation. As a commitment, it also produces a new obligation, the “obligation to pay”, which coexists with the primary obligation. The obligation to pay, as such, is ancillary to the primary obligation. Its legal status, from its birth to its expiration, will be closely linked to that of the primary obligation.

In economic and legal practice situations often occur when infringement of rights or neglect of duty can{\crq}t be sanctioned by common means of procedural law. The most typical example of this is when the debtor has liabilities towards a number of creditors and it isn{\crq}t within his power to fulfill them all. Such a situation is usually described as bankruptcy and it is solved in accordance with the Bankruptcy Act. Bankruptcy is considered to be the last resort of settlement of unfavourable financial and economic relations between the creditor and the debtor and it leads to the settlement of their property relations. The purpose and the aim of this procedure is to settle the liabilities towards the aggrieved parties, so that all creditors of one debtor which is in bankruptcy get as equal and just satisfaction as possible. Liquidation or reorganization of multinational companies which are in bankruptcy causes a whole range of legal complications. The expansion of multinational companies and also the considerable number of great bankruptcies with international effects has triggered a debate about the need of creating a system which would involve solving such situations in transnational context.