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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Specific provisions for public transport companies and commercial vehicle hire companies.

Article D144-2

…l conditions of application to public transport and industrial vehicle rental companies of articles L. 144-1 et seq relating to management leases for businesses and craft businesses are determined by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Specific provisions for public transport companies and commercial vehicle hire companies.

Article D144-5

…his fleet of vehicles shall not be considered as a lease of goodwill, within the meaning of article L. 144-1, operations whose purpose is to adapt the lessee's rights to the useful load of his vehicle…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to provident and supplementary pension contracts for self-employed workers

Article R144-2

The contracts referred to in article L. 144-1 taken out with a view to guaranteeing a lifetime income include a clause which allows members to opt each year for the payment of a premium or contributio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to provident and supplementary pension contracts for self-employed workers

Article R144-3

The contracts mentioned in article L. 144-1 may allow members to pay additional premiums or contributions for the years between the date of their affiliation to the compulsory basic old-age insurance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article D144-12

…ance on company directors and sole traders may be communicated to the entities mentioned in article L. 144-1. II. - When it relates to decisions taken in the context of safeguard or receivership proce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-6

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7, L. 144-1 to L. 144-13 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L941-6

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7, L. 144-1 to L. 144-13 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-4

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7, L. 144-1 to L. 144-13 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144

Pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 144

Investigative measures may be ordered in any event, if the judge does not have sufficient evidence to rule.

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