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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Membership scheme

Article L424-5

…cility, based on objective criteria, in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 531-10, multilateral trading facilities may admit as members, in…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-5

…eized in whole or in part, the amount of the claim that cannot be seized is transferred to the balance of the account. Unseizable claims are made available to the account holder by the garnishee under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-5

…iture incurred by the State in 1993 in each region in respect of actions falling within the competence of the regions pursuant to II a of Article 82 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-51

The transfers of appropriations from one account to another provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 6431-10 shall be subject to approval by the Budget Controller, who shall check that…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article R3114-5

Pursuant to article L. 3114-9, the proportion of services or works that the tenderer must entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or third parties may not be less than 10% of the total estimated…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…entations made exclusively within a family circle;2° Copies or reproductions made from a lawful source and strictly reserved for the private use of the copier and not intended for collective use, with…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L134-5

…veral groups of municipalities wishing to join together to promote tourism may set up a tourist office by joint decision of their deliberative bodies.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-5

…ns a writ of execution at a time when the property has already been removed from the safe, shall proceed as provided in Articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-5

…set out in Articles L. 1251-9 and L. 1251-10 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-5

The rules relating to the professional training period defined in articles R. 811-9, R. 811-10, R. 811-11, R. 811-12, R. 811-14 and R. 811-16 are applicable to judicial representatives.

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