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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article R328-5

The Minister of Culture shall be informed within fifteen days of any change in the status or general regulations and of any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-5

…e Agency's remit may be referred to it by the Minister for Health, where appropriate at the request of other ministers or other public establishments of the State, and by any body represented on its B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health Agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L1442-5

…4-9 are defined by the health agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin at the level of these local authorities and may cover the territorial jurisdiction of the agency, or be smaller o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for training initiatives to help employees adapt.

Article L5121-5

…ithout trade union representatives benefit from State aid when they apply a branch agreement or a professional agreement on employment which provides for this possibility and determines the procedures…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-56

Any candidate for election as a member of a regional council shall send his candidacy to the council's head office, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, at least one month before the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-58

The self-employed occupation is chosen from one of the branches determined by order of the Minister for Employment on the advice of the Ministers for Industry, the Economy, Trade and Craft Trades, and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2351-5

The provisions of article R. 2151-5 apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5

The contract, signed by each party, is sent by the director of the establishment to which the doctor is assigned to the director general of the regional health agency, together with his opinion, that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee representatives on company boards of directors or supervisory boards.

Article L2421-5

The dismissal of an employee representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board of a public sector company, a public limited company or a partnership limited by shares, envisaged by the emp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-5

When the insurer intends to invoke the nullity of the insurance contract, its suspension or the suspension of cover, non-insurance or partial insurance against the victim or his beneficiaries, he must…

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