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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-1

I. - The provisions of this chapter apply to leases of buildings or premises in which a business is operated, whether or not the business belongs either to a trader or industrialist registered in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

…to the employee or, where applicable, the member of the legal entity.For the application of article L. 113-15, the reference to the policy is replaced by the reference to the collective contract.For t…

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

Article 145-1

In criminal cases, pre-trial detention may not exceed four months if the person under investigation has not already been sentenced for an ordinary felony or misdemeanour either to a criminal penalty o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Renewal.

Article R145-1

A lessor who has not made known the amount of rent he is proposing under the conditions of article L. 145-11 may request a change in the lease price at a later date, by bailiff's deed, by registered l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1451

Articles 265-2 are suspended, as regards their effects, until the divorce is granted; they may not be enforced, even as between spouses, until the judgment has become res judicata.One of the spouses m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1451

…derations; chambers of agriculture; 4°Local agricultural mutual insurance funds governed by Article L. 771-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code which have no more than two paid employees or agents…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1451

The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of one or more arbitrators in an odd number. It shall be supplemented if the arbitration agreement provides for the appointment of an even number of arbitrators…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-3

…regards the revision of the rent. However, they shall apply, in the cases provided for in articles L. 145-1 and L. 145-2, to leases entered into by emphyteutic lessees, provided that the duration of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

…to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145-1. In any event, this right of repossession may only be exercised over the part of the land t…

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

Article 145

…s, where applicable, deducted from the duration of pre-trial detention for the purposes of Articles 145-1 and 145-2. It is treated as pre-trial detention within the meaning of article 149 of this Code…

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