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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-5-1

…the grouping, to : 1° Pool their cash deposited with the State, by way of derogation from articles L. 312-2, L. 511-5 and L. 511-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code and article L. 6145-8-1 of this C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-5-1

Infringements of the provisions of Article L. 752-1, L. 752-23 and the texts adopted for their application are investigated and established by the agents mentioned in II of Article L. 450-1, under the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-4

…an employee who has an open-ended employment contract with a temporary employment undertaking are governed by Articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-63, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-5-1

The institutions referred to in this chapter shall indicate in their annual report the amount and characteristics of the loans they finance or distribute that meet the definition referred to in III of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5-1

…of the pharmacy network within the same municipality or neighbouring municipalities at the initiative of one or more pharmacists or pharmacists' associations and giving rise to compensation for the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-5-1

The contributions provided for in articles L. 321-4-2, L. 351-3-1 and L. 351-14 are collected and monitored by the bodies responsible for collection mentioned in article L. 351-21 on behalf of the bod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-9

I.-Any financial contract entered into by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 and governed by the legislation of a third country shall include a clause stipulating that the parties acknowle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-5-1

The financial penalties imposed in application of articles L. 464-2, L. 464-3 and L. 464-5 may be subject to a surcharge of up to 10% of their amount, payable by the sanctioned organisation or company…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum capital requirement

Article L352-5-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this section.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-5-1

If the patent relates to a process for obtaining a product, the court may order the defendant to prove that the process used to obtain an identical product is different from the patented process. If t…

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