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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-5

The orders of the Minister responsible for the economy and the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables may differ according to the legal status of credit institutions, finance companies, ele…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-5

…their choice. This interview does not replace the professional interview mentioned in article L. 6315-1.When the professional interview is carried out at the end of a term of office as a permanent sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Posting and distribution of union communications.

Article L2142-5

The content of posters, publications and leaflets is freely determined by the trade union organisation, subject to the application of the provisions relating to the press.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-5

…r employers, their unions and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 that are required to draw up accounts shall publish their accounts in accordance with the condit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-5

In companies with at least two thousand employees and at least two establishments with at least fifty employees each, each representative trade union in the company may appoint a central company trade…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-5

…anised either by centres attached to the trade union organisations mentioned in 3° of article L. 2135-12, or by specialised institutes, is entitled, at his request, to one or more periods of leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5

The earliest of the signatory organisations to an agreement or arrangement notifies the text to all representative organisations at the end of the signature procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of candidacy

Article L2152-5

…r member undertakings and the number of employees they employ. For the application of article L. 2135-13, they shall also indicate, at the same time, the number of their member undertakings employing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-5

The territorial scope of application of branch agreements and professional agreements may be national, regional or local.Unless otherwise specified, the term "branch agreement" refers to the collectiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Determination of monitoring, renewal, revision and termination procedures.

Article L2222-5

The agreement shall specify the form in which and the period after which it may be renewed or revised.

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