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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-5

The representative of the Minister for the Economy referred to in Article L. 432-4-1 may object to the decisions of the Chief Executive Officer of the body referred to in Article L. 432-2 in the follo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-5

Where there are no conciliation proceedings in progress, the court may also be seised at the request of the public prosecutor for the purpose of opening receivership proceedings. Subject to the same p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Aids for the veterinary care of farm animals

Article R1511-57

I.-The aid provided for in I of article L. 1511-9 is intended to support veterinary practice for the benefit of farm animals. This aid may be granted: 1° Either to the persons mentioned in article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition.

Article L2343-5

The European Works Council is made up of : 1° The head of the undertaking or of the dominant undertaking in the Community-scale group, assisted by two persons of his choice in an advisory capacity; 2°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-5

Any person registered on the list of industrial property attorneys may request to be removed from it. They must do so if they no longer meet the conditions set out in Article R. 422-2. The request is…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D592-5

For the application of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article D. 521-12, the words: "as well as the state of progress of the procedures for determining the State responsible for examining the as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-5

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of Article L. 5211-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation costs

Article 694-50

The costs of executing European mutual assistance requests shall be borne by the executing State, except, where they may be considered exceptionally high, to be shared with the issuing State in the ev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R490-5

For the application of Article 15(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Driving authorisation for the use of certain mobile work equipment or equipment for lifting loads

Article R4323-57

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine: 1° The conditions of the training required under article R. 4323-55; 2° The categories of work equipment requiring a dri…

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