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Showing 131140 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-43

…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 the obligat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-33

The amount of rent for renewed or revised leases must correspond to the rental value. Failing agreement, this value is determined on the basis of: 1 The characteristics of the premises in question; 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-6

…during the original lease or a renewed lease, take over the premises in whole or in part in order to carry out work requiring the evacuation of the premises included in a sector or perimeter provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-9

The price of the lease of land is fixed in consideration of those elements which are specific to it, having regard to the nature and methods of the operation actually authorised.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-4

…isting of accessory premises, ancillary premises or outbuildings, let by the same lessor and likely to be used in conjunction with the main premises. Where the rented premises include a residential pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-3

…e, and the convenience of its access for the public; 2° The size of the areas respectively assigned to receiving the public, to the operation or to each of the various activities that are carried out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-6

Local commerciality factors depend mainly on the importance for the business in question of the town, district or street in which it is located, the place where it is established, the distribution of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-8

…lessor, which the lessor would have discharged on the lessee without consideration, constitute a factor reducing the rental value. The same applies to obligations imposed on the tenant over and above…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46

…both at the same time, the lessor must pay the lessee, on his departure, compensation corresponding to the profit he may derive from the increase in value made either to the business or to the rental…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-40

…arged by the Banque de France for advances on securities, for sums exceeding that which corresponds to the price of the rent by more than two terms.

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