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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

…efault interest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles 39 and 40 of Law 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 containing various provisions for adapting legislation to European Union l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

The Board of Directors meets at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman. It may also meet at the request of the Minister for Employment, the Managing Director of the Agency or half of its me…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-55

The request for exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Indus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-50

The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the names of the members of the Supervisory Board who are present, deemed to be present within the meaning of the third paragraph of article L. 225-82, excuse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The EC quality assurance system

Article R4313-58

…sample and perform the appropriate tests defined by the standards referred to in 6° of Article L. 4311-7 or necessary to ensure that the samples of personal protective equipment comply with the techni…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

The services and establishments of the State and other public authorities are required to communicate to the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise all information and documents in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-3

…gular and on-demand public passenger transport services, recorded by the agents mentioned in 4° and 5° of I of Article L. 2241-1 of the Transport Code, public action is extinguished, notwithstanding A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article D1237-5

For the application of article L. 1237-18-5, the employer sends the administrative authority an information document on the terminations pronounced as part of the mobility leave, set by order of the M…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5

…l works belonging to the genres of fiction, documentary and animation provided for in articles D. 331-1 to D. 331-4 is verified by means of a points scale set by decision taken in application of 3° of…

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