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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2252-5

Notwithstanding the transfer, whether voluntary or by operation of law, of all or part of its competencies in terms of housing policy or housing to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of candidacy

Article L2152-5

In order to establish their representativeness in application of this chapter, professional employers' organisations shall declare their candidacy in accordance with the conditions laid down by regula…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Specific interests of certain categories of residents

Article L2544-5

Before any decision by the representative of the State in the département on the deliberations of the municipal council relating to the objects designated in article L. 2544-4, or to the alienation or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use.

Article L3262-5

Vouchers which have not been presented for reimbursement by a restaurant or fruit and vegetable retailer before the end of the second month following the expiry of their period of use are definitively…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-5

Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or product to notify the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of any prohibition or restriction imposed by the compe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers.

Article L7233-5

The provisions of article L. 7233-4 also apply to the head of the company or, if the company is a legal entity, to its chairman, its managing director, its deputy managing director(s), its managers or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-59

…appointed by the Supervisory Board, which confers on one of them the status of Chairman. When a single person performs the functions devolved to the Management Board, he takes the title of sole Managi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-58

…anagement Board consisting of no more than five members. The composition of the Management Board shall endeavour to seek a balanced representation of women and men.In sociétés anonymes whose capital i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-5

The national agreement referred to in article L. 1141-2 sets out the terms and conditions and the time limits beyond which persons who have suffered from a cancerous pathology may not, as a result, ha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-54

The annulment of the measures taken in application of this section does not affect the validity of the acts taken for their application when the calling into question of these acts is likely to harm t…

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