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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control officers.

Article L6361-5

Without prejudice to the specific remit of the inspection bodies responsible for the establishments concerned, the inspections provided for in this Title are carried out by the Labour Inspectorate ins…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: The Economic, Social and Cultural Council

Article L6433-5

The employer is required to allow any employee of his company who is a member of the territorial council the time necessary to travel to and participate in: 1° The plenary sessions of this council; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-5

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 559-1 allowing the public prosecutor to extend the time limit for service of a decision to up to three months shall also apply to service issued at th…

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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 Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Centres and establishments.

Article L2311-5

Sexual health centres may, as part of their contraceptive prescription activities and under the responsibility of a doctor or midwife, provide prevention, screening and treatment for sexually transmit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-5

The transferee company submits to the policyholders' guarantee fund the request for payment provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 423-3, the amount of which it calculates on the basis of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity

Article L612-5

The legal representative or, if there is one, the statutory auditor of a non-trading private-law legal entity with an economic activity or of an association referred to in article L. 612-4 presents to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-59

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-58, the following provisions apply:1° The maximum total number of days that may be taken as leave is six working days per year ;2° The lea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article L236-50

Cross-border transformation is the operation whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée registered in France, without being dissolved or wound up or put into liquidation, tran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-5

Every five years, the public employment service draws up, under the authority of the State representative in the region, a regional plan for the integration of disabled workers. This plan, coordinated…

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