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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-5

I. - Professionals working in health centres are salaried employees. When the health centres are managed by the territorial authorities or their groupings mentioned in article L. 6323-1-3, these profe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-5

The invention must be set out in the patent application in a sufficiently clear and complete manner to enable a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Where an invention involving biological mater…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Apprenticeship supervisor.

Article L6223-5

The person directly responsible for training the apprentice and acting as tutor is called the apprenticeship master. The apprenticeship master's role is to contribute to the apprentice's acquisition i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-5

When the budget of a territorial authority is not voted in real balance, the regional audit chamber, seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Precautionary measures.

Article L3354-5

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the measures that must be taken to facilitate the performance of the examinations provided for in article L. 3354-1 with a view to establishing a diagnos…

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

Article L4221-5

Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are also entitled to practise the profession of pharmacist if they hold the f…

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

Article L4251-5

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of health professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical physicist nationals…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-5

…f statutory auditors is absorbed by another company of statutory auditors, the absorbing company shall continue the mandate entrusted to the absorbed company until its expiry date. However, notwithsta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-5

The remuneration provided for in Article L. 214-1 is collected on behalf of right holders and distributed among them by one or more organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-5

…edures for exercising the right of expression are defined as part of the negotiations on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions provided for in Arti…

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