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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L744-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L742-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L743-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Overall operating grant

Article L2573-52

I. - Articles L. 2334-1 and L. 2334-2, article L. 2334-7, with the exception of the second paragraph of 3°, the last paragraph of 4° and 5° of I, Articles L. 2334-8 and L. 2334-10 à L. 2334-12, the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

The following are authorised to collect the balance of the apprenticeship tax in respect of the expenditure mentioned in 1° of Article L. 6241-4:1° Public secondary schools ;2° Private secondary educa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-5

I.-The director of the reception facility shall immediately forward to the State representative in the department or, in Paris, to the police prefect, and to the departmental commission for psychiatri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6324-5

The training initiatives mentioned in article L. 6324-2 are financed in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in 5° of I of article L. 6332-14. The extended branch agreement referred to in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L775-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-5

The bodies referred to in article L. 6361-2 are required, with regard to the monitoring agents referred to in article L. 6361-5 : 1° Present the documents and records establishing the origin of the in…

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