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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-5

The departmental service responsible for depositing collective labour agreements is the one in whose jurisdiction they were concluded.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R2623-5

The two sections of the Conciliation Commission comprise: 1° The Prefect or his representative, as Chairman; 2° A category A civil servant; 3° Four to eight employer representatives; 4° Four to eight…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power

Article D3231-5

Employees defined in Article L. 3231-1 who have reached the age of eighteen receive from their employers, when their contractual hourly wage has fallen below the minimum growth wage in force, a supple…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-5

For the application of articles D. 1432-2, D. 1432-7 and D. 1432-11 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the reference to article D. 1432-1 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1442…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2123-5

The duties of committee members are performed free of charge. Expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be reimbursed by the Regional Health Agency. The agency provides the secretaria…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and organisation.

Article R2112-5

In addition to individual or collective medical and social prevention activities, the departmental service must, either directly or by means of an agreement, organise at least sixteen half-days of pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health nurseries.

Article R2324-5

A health nursery may only be managed by a person aged between twenty-five and sixty-five. This person must be a doctor or nursery nurse. They must have practised this profession for at least five year…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-5

The application for authorisation to operate a business specifies the capacity in which the applicant is acting and the nature of the project.An order of the minister responsible for trade sets out th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-5

The acquisition of a holding decided by the Regional Council may not have the effect of:- either increasing the share held by one or more regions in the capital of a commercial company to more than 33…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-5

When the sites council sits in a formation known as the heritage and architecture formation, it also includes: 1° In respect of the first college: a heritage curator assigned to the regional cultural…

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