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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L6242-5

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 6242-2 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5421-5

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of interdepartmental cooperation, budget…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Equal treatment with full-time employees

Article L3123-5

Part-time employees benefit from the rights granted to full-time employees by law and by company or establishment agreements, subject, as regards conventional rights, to specific terms provided for by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-5

I.-The professional associations referred to in I of Article L. 513-3 are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, which verifies their representativeness, the competence an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-50

When the presentation of the bill of exchange or the making of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as the legal prescription of any State or a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-54

The representatives of the general body of bondholders, duly authorised by the general meeting of bondholders, shall have sole authority to bring, on behalf of the latter, actions for the nullity of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2241-5

Deliberations by which the administrative boards responsible for the management of communal public establishments change in whole or in part the allocation of premises or immovable or movable objects…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

The following are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinema…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-5

Where there are no conciliation proceedings in progress, the court may also be seised at the request of the public prosecutor for the purpose of opening receivership proceedings. Subject to the same p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for salaried employment.

Article L5221-5

A foreign national authorised to reside in France may not engage in paid employment in France without first obtaining the work permit referred to in 2° of article L. 5221-2. A work permit is automatic…

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