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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° of article L. 4211-1, legal entities complying with good distribution practices defined by order of the Minister for Health may be authorised to dispense gases for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-5

A body not yet accredited for the certification in question may, under conditions defined by decree, carry out certifications, provided it has applied for accreditation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-5

…ofessionals, grant individual authorisation to practise one of the professions mentioned in Article L. 4364-1 to nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-5

Reasons shall be given for the rejection decisions referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 411-4, for decisions ruling on an opposition filed against an application for registration of a trad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of Martinique shall, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 72…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Organic farming

Article L432-5

The provisions applicable to the term "organic farming" are set out in subsection 5 of section 1 of the chapitre Ier du titre IV du livre VI du code rural et de la pêche maritime.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-5

…ng as a pharmacist begun in that State prior to the dates shown in the order referred to in article L. 4221-4 and which does not comply with Community obligations, if it is accompanied by a certificat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

Any person carrying out the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 422-1 to 26 November 1990 may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 422-4, represent the persons mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guyana are, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 7…

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