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Showing 311320 of 63254 articles for Art. L. 145-5-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-5

…any awarding the free shares shall be informed in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 225-197-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-1

…to its original owner any item that has been transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 613-52, without the latter being able to object.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7111-5-1

…nal journalist covers all the media of the press title as defined in the first paragraph of article L. 132-35 of the Intellectual Property Code, unless otherwise stipulated in the employment contract…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-12

The conversion of eligible liabilities or additional tier 1 or tier 2 capital instruments into equity securities as referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or into other forms of property is e…

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

Article L1251-58-1

A temporary work agency may conclude an open-ended contract with an employee for the performance of successive assignments. Each assignment gives rise to: 1° The conclusion of a secondment contract be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5-1

Before entering into a business relationship, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information relating to the purpose and nature of the relationship and any other relevant inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5-1

…ctivity of the pharmacy or pharmacies concerned is recorded under the conditions set out in article L. 5125-22.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-5

Disputes relating to the application of this section shall be decided in accordance with Articles L. 145-56 to L. 145-60 of the French Commercial Code. Disputes relating to the performance of the work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-5

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 1435-5-1 to L. 1435-5-4, and in particular the procedures for billing procedures performed as part of outp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-5

…e health centres are managed by the territorial authorities or their groupings mentioned in article L. 6323-1-3, these professionals may be employees of these authorities or their groupings. Where the…

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