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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-5

The region is responsible for the operation and equipment of the schools and institutes mentioned in article L. 4383-3 when they are public. It may participate in the financing of the operation and eq…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article D344-5

I.-The data relating to supplementary social protection, referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code, are grouped in the following statements, as establi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is a group supervisor pursuant to Article L. 356-6 without the parent undertaking being located in France, it may invite the supervisory authority…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-5

Under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2132-1, certain information on the award of the contract may not be published if its disclosure would impede law enforcement, would be contrary to the publ…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Signing the partnership contract on behalf of unauthorised purchasers

Article R2223-5

The supervisory minister(s) shall sign the partnership contracts on behalf of the unauthorised purchasers.From the date of signature of the partnership contract, these purchasers shall assume all the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2391-5

The purchaser may increase the amount of the advance payment above 30% of the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2391-4. In this case, it may make payment conditional up…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article R3114-5

Pursuant to article L. 3114-9, the proportion of services or works that the tenderer must entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or third parties may not be less than 10% of the total estimated…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of the terms "refurbished" and "refurbished product

Article R122-5

The expressions "new condition", "as new", "as new" or any equivalent wording may not be used for a product or spare part described as a "reconditioned product" or accompanied by the wording "recondit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52

…r, on one or more occasions, to one or more purchasers other than a bridge institution, all or part of the equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other securities as well a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the absence of an agreement.

Article L3323-5

If a profit-sharing agreement has not been signed within one year of the end of the financial year in respect of which the employees' rights have arisen, this situation is recorded by the Labour Inspe…

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