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Showing 91100 of 17922 articles for Art. Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam [2007] UKHL 32

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Subletting.

Article L145-32

…rincipal tenant itself has from the landlord. The lessor is called upon to assist in the act, as provided for in article L. 145-31. At the expiry of the main lease, the landlord is only obliged to ren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-32

The expert's final remuneration is set in consideration of his mission. Under no circumstances may the expert's remuneration be set in proportion to the amount of rent requested or proposed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-32

In the event of the loss of an unaccepted bill of exchange, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment of it on any subsequent.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-32

…creditor shall be paid his claim on the price, directly and without any formality of justice, by privilege and in preference to all creditors, without any other deduction than those: 1° Of the indirec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services by undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code and the Social Security Code

Article R321-32

I.-Any person subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to B of I of Article L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of the undert…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-32

Release or the release or modification of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance may be requested at any time from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

…in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans granted or financed by the housing finance company comply with the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-32

…tween, on the one hand, companies and, on the other hand, State administrations, public administrative establishments of the State, local authorities, their groupings and their public administrative e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for script rewriting

Article 411-32

Screenplay rewriting grants are awarded in the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-32

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° Directives, instructions and circulars, issued by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image an…

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