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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-5

Creditors registered on a business may also, even under private deeds, have the sale of the business ordered, eight days after a summons to pay made to the debtor and the third party holder, if any, h…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another EU Member State and family members

Article R426-5

When a foreign national who already has a residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" issued by another European Union Member State is recognised as a refugee or granted the benefit of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-5

The acquisition of a holding decided by the Regional Council may not have the effect of:- either increasing the share held by one or more regions in the capital of a commercial company to more than 33…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-52

The administrative court or the Conseil d'Etat may, if they grant the authorisation, make its effect subject to the prior deposit of the costs of the proceedings. In this case, they shall set the sum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-50

Where the administrative court does not rule within two months or where authorisation is refused, the taxpayer may appeal to the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-51

An appeal to the Conseil d'Etat shall, on pain of forfeiture, be lodged within one month of either the expiry of the period allowed to the administrative court to rule or the notification of the refus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-5

In the six months following a redundancy for economic reasons, it is forbidden to conclude a fixed-term employment contract for a temporary increase in activity, including for the performance of an oc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedures for publication of concession notices

Article R3122-5

A concession notice may not be published in any medium other than the Official Journal of the European Union before it has been published by the Publications Office of the European Union.The awarding…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions

Article D1242-5

The exemptions referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 1242-6 are granted by the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment under the conditions set…

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