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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2132-5

…e of call for competition or the invitation to confirm interest, the means by which these documents may be obtained. Where certain consultation documents are not published on the buyer profile because…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-5

…o establishments with at least fifty employees each, each representative trade union in the company may appoint a central company trade union delegate, separate from the establishment trade union dele…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-5

…the jurisdiction of the collectivity of Saint-Martin insofar as it applies to the latter, this law may be amended or repealed by the territorial council.II. - The matter is referred to the Constituti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-5

The consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded by the provisions adopted pursuant to Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protecti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-5

The specific statute for the body of sports teachers may set a proportion of posts reserved for high-level sportsmen and women, even if they do not belong to the administration, who have been on the l…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-5

…cognised by the Court of Justice of the European Union under the procedure provided for in Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the purchaser may cancel the contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-53

…f of the masse all acts of management to defend the common interests of the bondholders. This power may be delegated by the representatives of the masse to a third party in compliance with the provisi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-59

…t report, the person in charge of testing shall mention all of these circumstances in the report.He may obtain written testimony from persons who witnessed the events and attach their statements to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-5

…ation provided, to express an opinion on the measures envisaged by the competent body. This opinion may be taken into account in the decision-making process within the société européenne.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259-5

The judge's decision authorising, pursuant to articles 485 and 493 of the Civil Code, the future protection agent or an ad hoc agent to perform acts not covered by the mandate may only be appealed by…

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