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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Spouse's rights.

Article L624-5

…of his or her personal property in accordance with the rules governing matrimonial property regimes and under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 624-9 and L. 624-10.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting rules for transfers of supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article L384-5

…urpose of calculating the participation in profits relating to these assets provided for in article L. 132-29, no account is taken of the respective size of the equity capital and commitments to polic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-4

…sdiction. The latter shall forward these protocols, for information, to the Haute Autorité de santé and to the Comité national des coopérations interprofessionnelles mentioned in article L. 4011-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-5

…following matters: 1° Preparation of operational emergency plans required to deal with major risks and disasters and coordination and requisitioning of resources contributing to civil security; 2° Ai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6353-5

…following matters: 1° Preparation of operational emergency plans required to deal with major risks and disasters and coordination and requisitioning of resources contributing to civil security; 2° Ai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-5

Companies that prepare consolidated accounts in accordance with articles L. 233-18 to L. 233-26 may, under the conditions set out in article L. 123-17 and notwithstanding article L. 123-18, register t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-5

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of 1° of article L. 4111-1 is, for the practice of the profession of midwife :1° Either the French State diploma in midwifery, for student…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6364-5

In application of article LO 6371-5, a global grant for school construction and equipment is instituted in order to contribute to compensating for the net increases in charges for the collectivity of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-5

Propaganda or advertising in favour of an organisation, service, activity, product or article other than tobacco, a tobacco product or an ingredient defined in article L. 3512-2 is considered to be in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of poisoning

Article L1340-5

…the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance any cases of human intoxication of which they are aware and which are induced by a substance or mixture for which they have transmitted information pursuant…

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