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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-5

…3° Summon and hear any person likely to provide them with information ;4° Access business premises;5° Ask statutory auditors included on a list drawn up by the High Council after consulting the natio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55

It is paid to each municipality with a casino governed by articles L. 321-1 et seq. of the Internal Security Code, or to each public establishment when it is delegating the public service delegation o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-5

The charges mentioned in article LO 6271-4 are compensated by the transfer of taxes, the global operating grant instituted by article L. 6264-3, the global grant for school construction and equipment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-5

The charges mentioned in article LO 6371-4 are compensated by the transfer of taxes, the global operating grant instituted by article L. 6364-3, the global grant for school construction and equipment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions applicable to persons serving a custodial sentence

Article R61-5

When the socio-judicial supervision accompanies a custodial sentence, the period during which the convicted offender is on temporary leave, or is placed under the semi-liberty regime or is subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic voting procedures

Article R2314-5

The election of the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee may be carried out by electronic voting at the workplace or remotely. Without prejudice to the provisions relat…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-5

…cles R*. 4433-24 to R*. 4433-32 and R. 4433-33 to R. 4433-36 are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy;5° Articles R. 4434-1 and R. 4434-2 are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Processing of personal data concerning health necessary for the adapted support of jobseekers with disabilities

Article D5312-50

…s to employment; 3° Allocate and pay aid and mobilise benefits; 4° Manage documents electronically; 5° Feeding and aggregating data in order to produce statistics relating to the missions of Pôle empl…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of training costs under the personal training account

Article D6323-5

I.-The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to one of the actions mentioned in article L. 6323-6 taken by the employee, whether during workin…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the protection of rights in the context of a resolution procedure

Article L613-57

I. - The collège de résolution shall ensure that no holder of equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or of other ownership securities or creditor of a person referred to in…

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