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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-5

The National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives is composed of sixteen members, eight members representing judicial administrators and eight members representing judicial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-52

The regional council is composed of:1° Ten members if the regional company has fewer than three hundred natural person members;2° Twelve members if the regional company has between three hundred and f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-5

A schedule of periods for submitting the visa applications referred to in Article L. 5122-8 is set for each year, by decision of the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-54

Subject to the provisions of article R. 6152-53, compulsory secondment may only be granted when the interests of the service so require, to a post of hospital practitioner in the same discipline and w…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L1134-5

An action for damages resulting from discrimination must be brought within five years of the date on which the discrimination came to light. This period may not be modified by agreement. Damages and i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-5

The mediator may not accept any fact, grievance or piece of evidence without informing the parties concerned in a manner that allows them to discuss its merits.The parties may be assisted by a lawyer…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to contracts other than those for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-5

The notices mentioned in article R. 2131-4 are not published on the buyer profile. However, an additional publication may be made on the buyer profile, under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-5

For the purposes of Article L. 511-33, I of Article L. 522-19, Article L. 526-35, the last paragraph of Article L. 571-4 and Article L. 572-7, agents are treated in the same way as persons employed by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-10

Before making a decision to award a grant, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may call on individuals recognised for their expertise in the conservation, restoration an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L823-5

In addition to the supplementary penalties provided for in article L. 823-4, natural persons convicted under article L. 823-3 shall incur the supplementary penalty of confiscation of all or part of th…

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