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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementing provisions.

Article L4321-5

The procedures for implementing the decrees of the Conseil d'Etat mentioned in article L. 4321-4 may be defined by conventions or agreements concluded between the administrative authority and represen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article L712-5

The members of the commission, as well as any person who participates in its work or is called upon to deal with the overindebtedness situation, are required not to divulge to third parties any inform…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2192-5

A shared solution, made available by the State and known as the "public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted in electronic form. To implement the obligations l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-53

A decree shall determine the conditions under which decisions to grant, refuse or withdraw authorisation are taken and notified, as well as the reporting requirements applicable to branches authorised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-5

The judge assigned shall have the powers provided for in Article L. 623-2. He shall immediately provide the agent assisting him with all information and documents required to perform his duties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions.

Article L4443-5

Penalties and bans imposed in application of article L. 4234-6 that have become final are brought to the attention of the disciplinary chamber of the pharmacists' association of New Caledonia and Fren…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-5

I. - After deduction of an amount equal to the adjustments made the previous year and the share provided for in article L. 2336-4, the resources of the Fonds national de péréquation des ressources int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-5

Failure by the person responsible for placing the tattooing product on the market, within the meaning of article L. 513-10-2, to report serious adverse reactions to the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-5

In the six months following a redundancy for economic reasons, it is forbidden to conclude a fixed-term employment contract for a temporary increase in activity, including for the performance of an oc…

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