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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-56

…° For companies resulting from a merger or demerger, the corporate name or denomination, legal form and registered office of all the companies involved, as well as, in respect of each of them, the inf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-5

…council of each municipality concerned has a period of three months to decide on the proposed scope and on the articles of association of the new public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-5

…uest. It is assigned a national registration number. Subject to the provisions of articles L. 614-4 and L. 614-5, notice of the conversion shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting requirements for therapeutic education programmes

Article R1161-5

…cy may impose an administrative fine of up to 30,000 euros on the coordinator, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 1435-7-1 and R. 1435-37, with the excep…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VI: PENSIONS.

Article L426-5

…sons concerned may not object to this deduction.The amount of the contributions deducted in advance and the contributions payable by the farmer must be paid by the farmer to the pension fund within th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R612-5

For the application of the provisions of Books III and V, insofar as they relate to property conservation measures :1° References to Decree No. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration and…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R331-5

…on him. The declaration is made by a lawyer's deed deposited at the registry of the execution judge and notified on the same day or the first working day following this declaration to the pursuing cre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-5

…ment may also combine these different criteria. These criteria may vary according to establishments and work units. To this end, the agreement may refer to establishment agreements. The following are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-5

…he general meeting or the meeting of the competent body called to vote on the draft terms of merger and not ending before the end of that meeting, the company publishes them on its main website, under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6253-5

…following matters: 1° Preparation of operational emergency plans required to deal with major risks and disasters and coordination and requisitioning of resources contributing to civil security; 2° Ai…

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