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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Procedure.

Article L145-57

For the duration of the proceedings relating to the fixing of the price of the revised or renewed lease, the tenant is obliged to continue to pay the rent due at the old price or, where applicable, at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-5

Prior to the expiry of the period set for the experiment, the Government will submit to Parliament, for evaluation, a report accompanied by the observations of the territorial authorities that have ta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional and nuclear risks.

Article L431-5

The State guarantee may be granted to the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in respect of its reinsurance of risks covered by insurance or the financial guarantee pursuant to article L. 597-7 of the Envi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-5

Buyers of perishable agricultural and food products mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 441-11 may not cancel an order within a period of less than thirty days. However, for a sector of activity, for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to personal health information.

Article R1111-5

When, in the circumstances provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1111-7, the holder of the information gathered in the context of involuntary hospitalisation or hospitalisation at the req…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-5

A company's goodwill on first consolidation is allocated to the appropriate line items in the consolidated balance sheet; the unallocated portion of this goodwill is recorded under "goodwill" on the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-5

The reimbursement of transport costs by the employer is subject to the employee handing in or, failing that, presenting the tickets. To be eligible for reimbursement, the tickets must enable the holde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-5

The Board of Directors elects a chairman, vice-chairmen and, where applicable, the other members of the bureau each time a director is replaced pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-5

I.-Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 4234-8-1, the National Disciplinary Chamber may meet as a restricted panel to consider any dispute where the appeal is manifestly unfounded. It may also mee…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural…

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