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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L4133-5

…han the president shall be elected by list ballot. Each regional councillor or group of councillors may submit a list of candidates. Each list is composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. A g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-5

…ected by list ballot. Each councillor to the Assembly of French Guiana or each group of councillors may present a list of candidates. Each list is composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-5

…nstitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may have a higher added sugar content than that of a similar foodstuff of the same brand distributed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-5

The communes whose inhabitants represent, in respect of one year, more than 1% of the parturients or more than 1% of the deceased in a public health establishment comprising a maternity unit and situa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D330-5

…of a system governed by the law of a third country mentioned in 2°, 3° or 4° of I of Article L. 330-1 and approved in accordance with this same article shall inform the Minister in charge of the Econo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment during school holidays

Article D4153-5

…r Inspector at least fifteen days before the planned date of recruitment. The request must include: 1° The surname, first names, age and place of residence of the person concerned; 2° The duration of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-5

Bons de caisse may be transferred in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter II of Title IV of Book III of the Civil Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-5

…L. 723-2 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in French Polynesia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and chief exe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 ter

I. - Candidates who meet the following conditions may be admitted to the Customs Administration's operational reserve, under 2° of article 52 bis: 1° Be of French nationality ; 2° Be aged between eigh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-58

As from their enrolment in the first year of the second cycle, the hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the min…

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