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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-21

The owner may also defer the renewal of the lease for a maximum of three years if he proposes to raise the building and if this raising makes it necessary to temporarily evict the tenant. In this case…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-40

…y of security, shall bear interest for the benefit of the tenant, at the rate charged by the Banque de France for advances on securities, for sums exceeding that which corresponds to the price of the…

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Section 7: Termination

Article L145-43

Traders and persons registered in the national register of companies as businesses in the trades and crafts sector, who are tenants of the premises in which their business is located, are exempt from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-45

…quidation do not automatically result in the termination of the lease of buildings allocated to the debtor's industry, trade or craft, including premises dependent on these buildings and used for his…

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Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-49

The request made to the lessor must, on pain of nullity, include an indication of the activities whose exercise is envisaged. It shall be made by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-1

Any breach of business confidentiality as provided for in articles L. 151-4 à L. 151-6 engages the civil liability of its author.

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Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-12

…rtners are managing partners or if one or more managing partners chosen from among the partners are designated in the Articles of Association, the removal of one of them from office may only be decide…

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Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-16

…final in respect of one of the partners, the company is dissolved, unless its continuation is provided for in the Articles of Association or the other partners unanimously decide to do so. In the eve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-25

…ved the full price may refuse renewal only on condition that he pays the eviction compensation provided for in Article L. 145-14, unless the lessee can prove a serious and legitimate reason against th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

…t exceed the change, since the initial fixing of the rent for the expired lease, in the quarterly index of commercial rents or the quarterly index of rents for tertiary activities mentioned in the fir…

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