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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-5

…rges retained in the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of Articles 181 and 469. If the acts constitute a contravention, the investigating judge orders the case to be refer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Relationship between group agreements, inter-company agreements, company agreements and establishment agreements

Article L2253-5

When an agreement concluded in all or part of a group expressly provides for this, its stipulations replace the stipulations having the same object in agreements or conventions concluded previously or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Opening of a branch and exercise of the freedom to provide services

Article R382-5

…Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution both the provisions of that Member State's social and labour law relating to occupational pension schemes, the rules for the management of these schem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents

Article L483-5

…ly submitted to a competition authority by a person mentioned in Article L. 481-1 or on its behalf, and helping to establish the reality of an anti-competitive practice provided for in articles L. 420…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L670-5

Other than the cases provided for in Article L. 643-11, creditors also recover their right to take individual legal action against the debtor where the court finds, of its own motion or at the request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Relations between the Lyon metropolitan authority and the municipalities located on its territory

Article L3633-5

The metropole of Lyon may send to the municipal councillors of the communes located on its territory a copy of the notice of meeting sent to the metropolitan councillors before each meeting of the cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-5

…ese establishments provide some of the training normally provided by the apprentice training centre and may make teaching or accommodation facilities available to it. In this case, the apprentice trai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R670-5

For the application of the provisions of this book in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, the words:"service de la publicité foncière" or "fichier immobilier" shall be understood to m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article R731-5

The provisions of articles R. 722-7, R. 722-10, R. 722-18 to R. 722-20 and R. 724-1 to R. 724-21 are applicable to the assessors of the commercial divisions.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article A712-5

The allowances provided for in the preceding articles may not under any circumstances be accumulated for the same beneficiary.

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