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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-4

I. - The summary table of the characteristics of the project, referred to in articles R. 752-16, R. 752-38 and R. 752-44, a model of which is shown in Appendix 7-9 to this book, is completed by the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6

I.-The commercial operating authorisation referred to in Article L. 752-1 is compatible with the orientation and objectives document of territorial coherence schemes or, where applicable, with the dev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6-3

I.-The authorisation is granted for a period of five years, with no tacit renewal possible. It is valid for the whole of the department. The prefectoral decree authorising an organisation in applicati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Borrowings by social housing management bodies

Article R752-13

I. - In application of 2° of I of article L. 752-9, the variable interest rates on loans taken out by the bodies mentioned in this article with credit institutions are indexed or vary according to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R752-1

For the application of Article L. 752-1, the surface area of pharmacies, motor vehicle and motorbike shops and fuel distribution facilities is not taken into account.To determine the sales area of est…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44

1° For shops and commercial complexes: a) The sales area referred to, as appropriate, in a, b, d or e of 1° of I of Article R. 752-6, before and after completion of the project, with, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-7

The application shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 752-5, the following information:1° For the natural person applicant(s): surname, first name, address, telephon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-5

The four-month period allowed for the National Commission to give its decision begins on receipt of the new application by its secretariat. The National Commission forwards the new application to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-4

I.-In municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and, for projects that result in the artificial development of land within the meaning of V of article L. 752-6, in all communes, the mayor or t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-17

I.-Conforming to article L. 425-4 of the town planning code, the applicant, the State representative in the department, any member of the departmental commercial development commission, any profession…

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