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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-5

Time off used in application of articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is a group supervisor pursuant to Article L. 356-6 without the parent undertaking being located in France, it may invite the supervisory authority…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Creation and form of the bill of exchange.

Article L511-5

…are void as regards them, save for the respective rights of the parties, in accordance with Article 1352-4 of the Civil Code. If the bill of exchange bears signatures of persons incapable of obligatin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for distance contracts for financial services

Article R242-5

…down by the provisions:-of the Chapter II of Title I of Book I of the Insurance Code for operations carried out by companies governed by the same code; from Chapter I of Title II of Book II of the cod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article R351-5

For the application of article R. 351-4, the following are replaced by locally applicable provisions having the same effect: 1° References to the European standardised information sheet mentioned in a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Statement of liabilities drawn up by the commission

Article R723-5

…th acknowledgement of receipt. The letter reproduces the provisions of articles L. 723-3 and R. 723-8 and states that the debtor's objection must be made by declaration delivered or sent by registered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-5

…deliberation are referred to the Conseil d'Etat. The representative of the State in the department may, within one month of the transmission provided for in article LO 3445-4, refer the deliberation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-5

Each year, health establishments authorised to carry out tissue retrieval send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Director General of the Biomedicine Agency the information req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-5

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3164-2 to L. 3164-4, relating to weekly and Sunday rest periods for young workers, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-5

The training provided takes into account the training, qualifications, professional experience and language, spoken or read, of the worker who is to benefit from it. The time spent on the training and…

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