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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-5

…ny other document containing general and permanent obligations in the matters mentioned in articles L. 1321-1 and L. 1321-2 are, where there are internal regulations, considered as additions to the la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-53

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-52: 1° The maximum duration of the leave is twenty days per year ; 2° The time limits within which the employee must submit his request fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Breach of contract.

Article L7112-5

…contract is terminated at the initiative of the professional journalist, the provisions of Articles L. 7112-3 and L. 7112-4 are applicable, when such termination is motivated by one of the following c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-5

An action for repayment of an insurance allowance that has been wrongly paid is time-barred after three years. In the event of fraud or misrepresentation, the limitation period is ten years. These per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…natural or legal persons producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5141-2 or providing services associated with these veterinary medicinal products, financial penal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Apprenticeship supervisor.

Article L6223-5

…tice training centre. When the apprentice is recruited by an employers' group mentioned in articles L. 1253-1 to L. 1253-23, the provisions relating to the apprenticeship master are assessed at the le…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

The definition of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-5

Access to health data other than that mentioned in Article L. 1461-2 is free of charge for :1° The processing of data concerning health requested by the public authorities ;2° Research carried out exc…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-5

Pursuant to the provisions applicable in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements, the following also constitute enforceable titles: 1° Deeds drawn up by a notary in these three départements w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Fraud

Article L454-5

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Artic…

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