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

Article LO6361-5

…ludes programme authorisations and payment appropriations, the President of the Territorial Council may, until the budget is adopted or settled in the event that the budget is not adopted, liquidate o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise a professional activity

Article L7227-5

…eriod of paid leave as well as with regard to all rights arising from seniority.Moreover, no change may be made to the working hours and hours of work provided for in the employment contract on accoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and obligation to register

Article R519-5

I. - The remuneration provided for in I of Article L. 519-1 must be understood as any pecuniary payment or any other form of agreed economic benefit linked to the intermediation service.II. - The remu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-56

…fer of the shares of a deceased partner is set at one year from the date of the partner's death. It may be renewed by the President of the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre at the request of the heirs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-53

The depositories defined in 4° of article R. 5142-1 carry out their activities under the conditions set out in a written contract which, in accordance with the good practices provided for in article L…

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

Article R1161-5

…eclare the programme or to stop implementing it. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may impose an administrative fine of up to 30,000 euros on the coordinator, under the conditions and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-5

The parties may, when the lessee takes up the premises, derogate from the provisions of this chapter provided that the total term of the lease or successive leases does not exceed three years. On expi…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Article L410-5

…articles L. 410-2, L. 410-3 and L. 410-4 may be withdrawn when one of the conditions for approval or authorisation ceases to be met or when t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-5

Where there are no conciliation proceedings underway, the court may also be seised at the request of the public prosecutor for the purpose of opening judicial liquidation proceedings. Subject to the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.

Article R743-57

A commercial court clerk who is a partner provisionally suspended from his duties may not engage in any professional activity; he shall retain, for the duration of his suspension, his status as a part…

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