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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-12 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-12-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 313-12-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-5

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 151-1 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 151-2 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014…

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

Article L947-5

Article L. 723-2 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in French Polynesia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

…e week to another when a system of individualised working hours is set up in application of Article L. 3121-48 ; 2° Set the procedures for recovering hours lost in the cases provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-5

…health authorities facts that he is obliged to disclose pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 3115-7 and b of 1° of article L. 3115-11, is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-5

…f oral statements voluntarily submitted to a competition authority by a person mentioned in Article L. 481-1 or on its behalf, and helping to establish the reality of an anti-competitive practice prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-5

I.-In the event that the medical transfer order has been issued on the basis of I of article L. 3824-1, the High Commissioner will, upon arrival in the territory of the host community, transfer the pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L761-5

…decision;2° If the foreign national has applied to the administrative court on the basis of article L. 521-2 of the Code of Administrative Justice, before the interim relief judge has informed the par…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article L614-5

…iator communicates to the consumer mediation evaluation and control commission mentioned in article L. 615-1 information relating to its skills, organisation and activity. The list of this information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-5

…V of Book I of Part Five and the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs of Article L. 1313-1.Decisions taken by the Director General pursuant to this article may not be appealed to a…

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