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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provident and supplementary pension schemes for self-employed workers

Article L144-1

Contracts covered by this section are governed by article L. 141-1 and may be taken out by an association covered by article L. 141-7 , whose members are : 1° Either exclusively persons who are self-e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-2

I. - The popular retirement savings plan is a contract governed by article L. 141-1 , the execution of which is linked to the cessation of professional activity and which is subscribed by an associati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-4

…pter, mutual insurers governed by the Mutual Code and provident institutions referred to in Article L. 931-1 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 727-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-2

…perations of the Banque de France and the activities referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 142-2 are governed by civil and commercial law.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-1

…rmediaries in participative financing when they act as intermediaries within the meaning of article L. 548-1 for lending transactions, whether against payment or free of charge, and to providers of pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-1

Notwithstanding any clause to the contrary, any contract or agreement by which the owner or operator of a business or craft establishment wholly or partly leases it to a manager who operates it at his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-11

If the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, the revision of the rent may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be requested whenever, as a result of the operation of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-9

The end of the management lease immediately renders payable the debts relating to the operation of the business or craft establishment, contracted by the tenant-manager during the management period.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-10

Any management lease contract or any other agreement containing similar clauses, granted by the owner or operator of a business that does not meet the conditions provided for in the above articles, is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-6

At the time of the management lease, the debts of the lessor of the business relating to the operation of the business may be declared immediately payable by the commercial court for the location of t…

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