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

Article R232-54

The person responsible for the inspection may be assisted, in the operations listed in articles R. 232-49 and R. 232-50, either by another approved person or by a person who has undergone training pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-5

The territorial scope of application of branch agreements and professional agreements may be national, regional or local.Unless otherwise specified, the term "branch agreement" refers to the collectiv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-10

…ing a decision to award a grant, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may call on individuals recognised for their expertise in the conservation, restoration and promotio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article R3114-5

…ices or works that the tenderer must entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or third parties may not be less than 10% of the total estimated value of the concession contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-5

…ease the liabilities of the members or shareholders of one or more of the companies in question, it may only be decided unanimously by the said members or shareholders..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-5

Any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, subject to a fine, the president of the general meeting of shareholders or bondholders to transcribe th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Joint representation action

Article R622-5

If the mandate is revoked, the party who had given it may continue the proceedings initiated as if he had brought them directly.The party who revokes his mandate must immediately notify the judge and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Specific powers.

Article L4523-5

The social and economic committee may call on the services of an expert in technological risks, under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. However, these provisions do not apply in e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-5

…41-4 of the Social Security Code, who receive a social benefit linked to total incapacity for work, may not be registered on the list of jobseekers for the duration of their incapacity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers.

Article L5332-5

…the conditions for the use of nominative information that bodies carrying out investment activities may request, hold, retain, disseminate and transfer for the purposes of this activity.

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