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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L695-5

A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-5

The Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development) comprises twelve members appointed for a non-renewable term of six years by decree issued on the repo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L724-5

The National Disciplinary Committee may only deliberate if at least four of its members, including the chairman, are present. In the event of a tie, the chairman shall have the casting vote.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-5

The judge shall determine the losses likely to be compensated for each consumer or each of the categories of consumers making up the group he has defined, as well as their amount or all the elements a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article L724-5

The commission may also ask the judge to suspend eviction measures from the debtor's home.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 575 L

Tobacco sales clerks found to have adulterated manufactured tobaccos by adding or mixing heterogeneous materials shall be dismissed, without prejudice to the penalties laid down in this Code for breac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2543-5

The revenue in the commune's budget includes the proceeds from hunting leases under the conditions laid down by the local law of 7 February 1881 on the exercise of hunting rights.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : The departmental council

Article L3121-5

When the operation of a departmental council proves impossible, the government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament of this as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-5

The départements may guarantee loans taken out to finance the construction, by religious associations or, in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, by public religious establishments or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Asset management

Article L3213-5

The departmental council decides on transactions concerning the rights of the department.

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