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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-5

The benefit resulting from the employer's contribution to the acquisition of holiday vouchers by the beneficiaries mentioned in article L. 411-1 is exempt from income tax, up to the limit of the minim…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-53

In cases where the contract of sale or provision of services provided for in article L. 312-52, the seller or service provider shall reimburse, on simple request, any sum that the buyer may have paid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-5

Any interested party may apply to the President of the Court hearing an application for interim measures to order a voting consultant to make public the information referred to in article L. 544-4, su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-52

In the absence of a collective agreement as referred to in Article L. 3121-51, the limits and procedures for carrying over hours in the event of the introduction of a system of individualised working…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-5

The movable and immovable property allocated to the public mental health services and required to carry out their activities is made available to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 desi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-5

For the application of article L. 4211-3 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna islands, the words "by the representative of the State in the department after obtaining the opinion of the regional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-5

As an exception to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 236-2, if the effect of the proposed merger is to increase the liabilities of the members or shareholders of one or more of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-5

The amount of expenditure resulting from increases and decreases in charges is established for each competence transferred by a joint order of the ministers responsible for local authorities and the b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-5

Disabled persons mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code, who receive a social benefit linked to total incapacity for work, may not be registered on the list of jobseeke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-5

Failure by the operator to subject a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 to maintenance obligations and quality controls pursuant to Article L. 5212-1 is punishable by two years'…

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