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Showing 29112920 of 49269 articles for Art. 635 2-5°

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-5

The syndicate commission is not constituted and its prerogatives are exercised by the municipal council, subject to article L. 2411-16, when:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

I. - Establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in application of article L. 1243-2, may obtain, for therapeutic purposes, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-54

To be considered as representative within the meaning of I of article L. 519-13, a professional association must have paid-up members representing at least 10% of the total number of professionals sub…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-56

For lease contracts with a promise to sell, the offer also sets out:1° The conditions for exercising the option and its cost broken down between, on the one hand, the fraction of the initial payments…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L751-5

The Banque de France and the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 751-2 from providing anyone with a copy of the information contained in the file. This prohibition does not apply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-5

In the case of an application for partial access for the purpose of establishing or providing a service, the competent authority shall refuse to issue the authorisation requested if it considers that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4142-5

The regional or inter-regional council of the dental surgeons' association is made up of: 1° Eight pairs for the regional councils in mainland France; 2° Four pairs for the regional and inter-regional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secret remedies.

Article R5125-59

The dose of each active substance is defined as : 1° either its weight per unit of intake determined ; 2° or its centesimal proportion by weight in the preparation; or 3° or, in the case of a product…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

It is the employer's responsibility to take into account the objectives in terms of professional equality between women and men in the company and the measures enabling them to be achieved: 1° In comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Housing information and assistance committee

Article L2315-51

The Housing Information and Assistance Committee facilitates housing for employees and their access to home ownership and rented accommodation. To this end, the committee: 1° Seeks out the possibiliti…

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