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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2 : The departmental conciliation committee for leases of commercial, industrial or craft buildings or premises.

Article D145-18

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C. - Permission to go out in order to fulfil an obligation requiring the presence of the sentenced person

Article D145

A permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted with a view to fulfilling an obligation requiring the presence of the person sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Transfers of building lease rights and similar agreements

Article 725

…ht to the enjoyment of immovable property or premises falling within the provisions of the articles L. 145-1 to L. 145-3 of the French Commercial Code. (1) This tariff applies to deeds drawn up and ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4322-20

…isciplinary chambers of the orders of the medical professions. Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 and article L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only chiropodists who have been regist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24-3

…paragraph of Article 114. This decision may be renewed under the same procedure, subject to article 145-3, the total period of detention not exceeding two years. This period is increased to three year…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-145

A general-purpose professional fund may invest in the assets mentioned in article L. 214-24-55 under the conditions and within the limits set by a Conseil d'Etat decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-145

…lacement of their shares, an offer to the public other than one of those mentioned in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the capital i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-145

Associations in the event of survival or death created by tontines may only be validly constituted if they have at least two hundred members.

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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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