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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-52

Each visit is authorised by an order of the liberties and detention judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the places to be visited are located. When these places are located within the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article L811-5

The competent administrative authority is required to inform the person whose residence permit it is about to withdraw on the basis of information or documents obtained from the authorities or private…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article R811-5

The authorities and private individuals mentioned in 1° to 8° of Article L. 811-4 transmit the following documents and information:1° For authorities holding civil status certificates: authentication…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Resignation and dissolution

Article L3121-5

When the operation of a departmental council proves impossible, the government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament of this as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Entitlement to benefits.

Article L6342-5

The provisions applicable in terms of accidents at work and occupational illnesses to the persons mentioned in 2° of article L. 412-8 of the Social Security Code are applicable to all trainees in cont…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: National Coordination Committee

Article R1233-5

The National Coordination Committee of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion referred to in Article L. 1233-4 comprises, in addition to the Director General of the Agency or his representative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L762-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L764-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L763-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 may request any document or piece of information, regardless of the medium, that is useful for establishing facts likely to veri…

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