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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-5

The chapters of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental fac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-6

The files monitored by the judicial representative or the person mentioned in III of article L. 812-2 who leaves office, for whatever reason, shall be distributed by the court among the other agents o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-5

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropria…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

Within the perimeter mentioned in article L. 761-4, plans to set up or extend premises or groups of premises intended to receive, for the purposes of non-retail sales, products on the list defined by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the absence of an agreement.

Article L3323-5

If a profit-sharing agreement has not been signed within one year of the end of the financial year in respect of which the employees' rights have arisen, this situation is recorded by the Labour Inspe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-57

Occupational health and prevention services transmit data relating to their activity and financial management and any other information requested by the administrative authority by electronic means wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-5

The regulating doctor, working under the conditions defined in article R. 6315-3, decides on the appropriate response to the request for care.The regional health agency determines the conditions under…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septies

Officials of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxation and officials of the Directorate-General for Enterprise may, on request or spontaneously, disclose to each other all information…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article L712-5

The members of the commission, as well as any person who participates in its work or is called upon to deal with the overindebtedness situation, are required not to divulge to third parties any inform…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article R351-5

For the application of article R. 351-4, the following are replaced by locally applicable provisions having the same effect: 1° References to the European standardised information sheet mentioned in a…

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