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Showing 791800 of 43956 articles for Art. L. 145-5

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Referee.

Article L2524-5

…their filing with the competent administrative authority under the conditions determined in article L. 2231-6.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L233-5

…s whose shares are admitted to trading on a financial instruments market mentioned in II of Article L. 233-7 are empowered to take legal action to establish the existence of control over one or more c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-5

…rs, in the case of a legal person, may be appointed to one of the functions provided for in Article L. 621-4 except in cases where this provision prevents the appointment of an employee representative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-5

…ayments for more than forty-five days when it sent or delivered the petition referred to in Article L. 611-6.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific measures applicable to illegal online content

Article L532-5

…ply with the measures ordered or to be applied to electronic addresses notified pursuant to article L. 521-3-1 is punishable by the penalties laid down in 1 of VI of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-5

…Regional Health Agency and three, including two user representatives within the meaning of Article L. 1114-1, appointed by the State representative in the department.The number of members in each col…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-5

…in the country of which they are nationals without this term exceeding that provided for in Article L. 211-4.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Sports and leisure equipment, electrically-assisted bicycles and motorised personal transport devices

Article L242-50

Any failure to comply with article L. 224-113 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person. This fine is impos…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-5

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 411-2, the renewal of a residence permit applied for after the expiry of the period required for submitting the application gives rise, except in case…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Application for a training agreement to be reclassified as an employment contract

Article L1454-5

…n an application is made to the industrial tribunal for a training agreement referred to in article L. 124-1 of the Education Code to be reclassified as an employment contract, the matter is referred…

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