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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-52

…financial or technical information necessary for the exercise of the control referred to in article L. 2224-31.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-52

…locating this assistance with the information required to draw up the report referred to in article L. 5134-66-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article R651-5

For the application of article L. 651-4, the judge appointed by the president of the court may be assisted by any person of his choice, whose findings are recorded in his report. This report is filed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-55

…nemployment insurance scheme specific to performing artists and technicians provided for in article L. 5424-20 or under the unemployment compensation scheme provided for in article L. 5424-21 as well…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Forms of presentation and labelling

Article R412-5

When foodstuffs are not pre-packaged, the indication and, where appropriate, the letter "L" appear on the packaging or container or, failing this, on the commercial documents referring to them. In all…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-54

…g elections to the company's boards and bodies, the companies on the list mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1 enjoy the same rights and are subject to the same obligations as natural persons.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5522-51

…r year preceding the year in which approval is granted. It is calculated in accordance with article L. 1111-2 and rounded to the nearest whole number, excluding employment access contracts.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article R3114-5

Pursuant to article L. 3114-9, the proportion of services or works that the tenderer must entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or third parties may not be less than 10% of the total estimated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-5

For the purposes of II of Article L. 133-26, a payment incident is any rejection of a payment order received by the payer's payment service provider due to a lack of funds or insufficient funds, regar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R430-5

…change of securities on a regulated market, its effective completion, within the meaning of Article L. The absence of a decision by the Autorité de la concurrence shall not prevent the transfer of the…

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