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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article R2153-5

The list of countries and sectors covered, on the date of its publication, by an agreement mentioned in Article L. 2153-2 is specified as necessary by an order of the Minister responsible for the econ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: ASYLUM AT THE BORDER

Article R351-5

…rmed, in a language he or she understands or can reasonably be expected to understand, of the positive or negative nature of the decision taken by the Minister responsible for immigration pursuant to…

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

Article D2135-5

…ons and associations thereof, and of the employees' or employers' associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-2 include a balance sheet, an income statement and notes to the accounts drawn up in accorda…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-5

Concordant decisions by the municipal council and all the arrondissement councils set out, within the framework of the regulations in force, the terms and criteria according to which the mayor of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-51

The withdrawal decision taken pursuant to the sixth paragraph of I and the third paragraph of II of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-50

The period during which the sentenced person must comply with the obligations and prohibitions imposed on him on the basis of Article 721-2 shall not be suspended if the sentenced person is imprisoned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-58

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 519-13 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-59

…ll inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution without delay of any change in its governance, organisation, articles of association, operating rules or written procedures. It shall als…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3154-5

…oyee requests, in agreement with his employer, the deposit of all the rights acquired on his time savings account, converted into monetary units, the sums are transferred by the latter to the Caisse d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-5

The departmental protocol is concluded for three years and renewed by tacit agreement. It may be revised at any time at the request of one of the signatories. The revision is only effective with the a…

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