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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-30

…nd over the keys on the set date and after formal notice, the receiver shall withhold 1% per day of delay from the amount of the compensation and return this withholding to the lessor on his receipt a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Subletting.

Article L145-31

…rohibited. In the event of an authorised sublease, the landlord is called upon to contribute to the deed. Where the sublease rent is higher than the price of the main tenancy, the landlord is entitled…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-36

The elements used to determine the price of leases for land, premises built with a view to a single use and premises for exclusive office use are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The lease price o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-47

The tenant may add related or complementary activities to the business provided for in the lease. To this end, he must make his intention known to the landlord by extrajudicial act or by registered le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-4

Abtaining a business secret is unlawful when it is done without the consent of its legitimate holder and results from: 1° Unauthorised access to any document, object, material, substance or digital fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy

Article L151-8

…gal activity, misconduct or reprehensible behaviour, including when exercising the right of warning defined in Article 6 of Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-5

Without prejudice to article L. 152-6, the court may order, at the request of the infringer, the payment of compensation to the injured party instead of the measures referred to in I to III of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-2

…nety-nine years, company name, registered office, corporate purpose and amount of share capital are determined by the company's articles of association.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-5

…ock companies which took place before the sixteenth day of the publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales of the deeds and particulars subject to such publicity, such de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-9

Neither the company nor third parties may, in order to avoid their commitments, rely on an irregularity in the appointment of the persons responsible for managing, administering or directing the compa…

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