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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons.

Article L2213-5

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5

…ancières de professions libérales. Where the legal form of practice is a company, the share capital and voting rights may be held by any person practising a legal or judicial profession or by any pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-5

…a temporary increase in activity, including for the performance of an occasional, precisely defined and non-permanent task that is not part of the company's normal activity.This prohibition applies to…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VI: PENSIONS.

Article L426-5

…ibution payable by civil aviation flight crews to the pension fund set up in application of article L. 426-1 is deducted from the remuneration received each time they are paid. The persons concerned m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Recognition of the professional qualifications of nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L2223-50

Where the provisions of article L. 2223-49, the competent authority may require the applicant to complete, at his or her discretion, an adaptation course or take an aptitude test prior to recognition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-5

By way of derogation from article L. 4331-2, the following may also practise the profession of occupational therapist and bear the title of occupational therapist, whether or not accompanied by a qual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Information for employee representatives.

Article L3341-5

…eement or the rules of an employee savings plan may stipulate the conditions under which the social and economic committee or a specialised committee set up by it has the necessary means of informatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-5

…or the final consumer distributed in the collectivities mentioned in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may have a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 15: Medical equipment

Article L242-48

Any breach of Article L. 224-111 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in the C…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Teaching

Article L242-43

The penalties for offences relating to private distance learning are set out in the

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