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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L2353-5

When exceptional circumstances arise which considerably affect the interests of the employees, in particular in the event of relocation, closure of an undertaking or establishment or collective redund…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Variable capital

Article L231-5

The Articles of Association shall determine a sum below which the capital may not be reduced by withdrawals of contributions authorised by article L. 231-1. This sum may not be less than one tenth of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-5

The allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve between the beneficiaries is calculated in proportion to the salary received, up to a limit of three times the ceiling mentioned in the first parag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-55

By way of derogation from the provisions relating to the financing of the personal training account, set out in article L. 6331-6, from the financing obligation for employers set out in articles L. 63…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

Each shareholding local authority or group of local authorities is entitled to at least one representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board, appointed from among its members by the relev…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2711-5

Public contracts that come to an end during the period of exceptional circumstances may be extended by amendment beyond the term stipulated in the contract if it is not possible to organise a competit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-5

The departmental mother and child protection service liaises with the school health service, in particular by forwarding to the school health doctor the medical records of children being monitored at…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article L121-5

The rules governing the organisation and operation of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-5

The temporary detention decision referred to in II of article L. 152-4 and in article L. 152-4-1 may be appealed by the person to whom the temporary detention decision is notified and, if this is a di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of Martinique shall, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 72…

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