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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-52

…l or partial conversion despite the lessor's refusal, if such refusal is not justified by a serious and legitimate reason. If the dispute relates solely to the price of the lease, this shall be fixed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-51

…applied for his retirement rights or who has been granted a disability pension under the disability and death insurance scheme for the craft trades or the industrial and commercial professions has not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-53

…out work prescribed or authorised as part of an urban renewal or property restoration operation. A landlord who has falsely invoked one of the reasons provided for in the preceding paragraph or who ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-55

At any time and until the expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date on which the decision has become res judicata, the tenant who has made a request in accordance with articles L. 145-47, L. 14…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-54

The added value conferred on the business by the conversion provided for in article L. 145-48, where the building in which the business is run is to be demolished or restored, or where the business is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission provided for in Article L. 311-5

Article D311-8

…xpressed by the members, including the remuneration proposals submitted to a vote by the commission and the elements used to calculate said remuneration; - a record of the binding deliberations. The m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions in the interests of the defence

Article R4411-86

…Article L. 521-1 of the Environment Code are issued by a joint decision of the Minister for Defence and the Minister for Labour, except in cases of operational emergency where the decision is taken by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 818

The claim is brought either by a writ of summons or by a petition delivered or addressed jointly by the parties. The claim may also be brought by a petition where the amount of the claim does not exce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions from communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and the Corsican local authority to the budget for fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-83

…23 July 2015 relating to public contracts, the Corsican local authority may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public establishments mentioned in Article L. 1424-77, the maintena…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions from communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and the Corsican local authority to the budget for fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-82

The contribution of the Corsican regional authority to the budget of each fire and rescue service in Corsica is set each year by a decision of the Assembly of Corsica in the light of the reports on th…

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