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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-5

Organisations for the collective management of the rights of phonogram and videogram producers and performers are entitled, within the limits of mandates given to them either by all or some of their m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-5

For the application of this book in Martinique, references to the department and the departmental council are replaced respectively by references to the collectivity of Martinique and the assembly of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-5

The professional trade unions of employees or employers, their unions and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 that are required to draw up accounts shall publish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-5

I. - In the event of the dissolution of a chamber of commerce and industry, it shall be renewed within a period of six months. However, if such dissolution is pronounced less than one year before a ge…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-5

Article L. 5314-4 of the French Transport Code sets out the rules governing the powers of communes, communities of communes, urban communities, metropolises and conurbation communities to create, deve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L4711-5

Where the information listed in articles L. 4711-1 and L. 4711-2 is to appear in separate registers, the employer is authorised to combine this information in a single register where this measure is l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: In the event of a deadline for voluntary departure

Article L614-5

When the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory taken pursuant to 1°, 2° or 4° of article L. 611-1 is accompanied by a deadline for voluntary departure, the matter may be referred t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions

Article L711-5

Debts arising from pledge loans taken out with municipal credit unions pursuant to article L. 514-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may be deleted by applying the measures provided for in 2° of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

Retirement means the possibility given to the employer to terminate the employment contract of an employee who has reached the age mentioned in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code , sub…

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