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Showing 51715180 of 63274 articles for Art. s. 1833 and 1844-10 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 July 2000

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-5

The indicators defined in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1, as well as the level of results mentioned in article D. 1142-3, are made available to the Social and Economic Committee, at the intervals…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-5

…ee under the conditions set out in articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-5

…of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State; b) For 10%, in proportion to the number of sixteen to eighteen year olds leaving the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-5

The divorce agreement shall fix the apportionment of its costs between the spouses subject to the application of the provisions of Article 123 of Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 where one of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment and terms of office of heads of department, heads of internal structure and heads of functional unit

Article R6146-5

…head of internal structure or functional unit may be terminated by a joint decision of the director and the chairman of the establishment's medical commission, after obtaining the opinion of the depar…

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

Article L3323-5

…ms allocated to employees are placed in a current account that the company must use for investments and, subject to the cases provided for by decree in application of article L. 3324-10, frozen for ei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-5

…the following cases: 1° The research does not take place under the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 1121-3, as approved by the Committee for the Protection of Indivi…

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

Article R3114-5

…t 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 value…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

When the work has been disclosed, the author may not prohibit:1° Private and free representations made exclusively within a family circle;2° Copies or reproductions made from a lawful source and stric…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L134-5

…ogether to promote tourism may set up a tourist office by joint decision of their deliberative bodies.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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