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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-8

…e three years preceding the date of expiry of the lease or its extension as provided for in article L. 145-9, the latter date being either the date for which notice was given or, if an application for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-14

…refuse to renew the lease. However, the lessor must, subject to the exceptions set out in articles L. 145-17 et seq, pay the evicted tenant a so-called eviction indemnity equal to the loss caused by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-30

…is withholding to the lessor on his receipt alone. When the two-week period provided for in article L. 145-58 has ended without the lessor having exercised his right of repentance, the eviction compen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

Unless there is a significant change in the items mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 145-33, the rate of change in the rent applicable when the lease to be renewed takes effect, if its term does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-7

…ional compensation has been paid, the amount of which is fixed in the forms provided for in Article L. 145-19.The prices and ancillary conditions of the lease may be amended at the request of the most…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-2

…ses do not involve any right of way on the public domain; 4° Subject to the provisions of l'article L. 145-26 to leases of premises or buildings belonging to the State, local authorities and public es…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-12

…ss the parties agree to a longer term. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 145-4 are applicable during the renewed lease. The new lease takes effect from the expiry of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Subletting.

Article L145-31

…e with a procedure laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 145-56.The tenant must inform the landlord of his intention to sublet by extrajudicial act or by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-23-1

The lessor may, at the end of a three-year period, in the forms provided for by article L. 145-9 and at least six months in advance, repossess residential premises rented as an accessory to business p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-49

…the request. Such acquiescence shall not prevent the exercise of the rights provided for in article L. 145-50.

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