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Showing 18311840 of 66331 articles for Art. 1844-5 and C. com. Art. L. 223-4

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-5

…l or his representative or, in Corsica, the chairman of the executive council or his representative and the chairman of the metropolitan area or his representative, including in the metropolitan areas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-5

…rial public health establishment receives a subsidy from the State for the tasks provided for in 2° and 3° of article L. 6147-3, which it carries out on behalf of the State. The tasks mentioned in 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy.

Article L6153-5

Students in the third cycle of medical studies may administer, as part of a training period and under the supervision of the training supervisor, vaccines, the list of which and, where applicable, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: The Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council

Article L6223-5

…the harmful consequences resulting from accidents suffered by the chairman of the economic, social and cultural council in the performance of his duties. Members of the economic, social and cultural…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-5

…ble for the economy wishes to be carried out into facts likely to fall within the scope of Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or be contrary to measures taken pursuant to Article L. 410-3 an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-54

…er to grant a life mortgage without making a prior offer to the borrower in accordance with Article L. 315-9 or under conditions that do not comply with articles L. 315-10 and L. 315-11 may result in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation procedure.

Article L2522-5

…them immediately. The minutes shall specify the points on which the parties have reached agreement and those on which disagreement persists. The conciliation agreement is enforceable under the condit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-5

…e public establishment are made up of State grants, fees for services rendered, proceeds from sales and rentals as well as authorised loans, donations and legacies and miscellaneous income. State allo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-5

No relative or ally, up to and including the fourth degree, of the debtor who is a natural person or of the directors, in the case of a legal person, may be appointed to one of the functions provided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-5

The task of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee is to submit to the employer individual or collective complaints relating to wages, the application of the Labour Code and other l…

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