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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-5

…ed to in the first paragraph, under the conditions and within the limits set out in Articles L. 613-55-1 and L. 613-55-5. The deposit guarantee and resolution fund may not be called upon under the dep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-5

…accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales or his representative; 5° A representative of the medical liability insurance companies provided for in article L. 1142-2;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…put into service for nuclear use, the failure of which may result in the emission of radioactivity; 5° Weapons, including firearms; 6° The following means of transport: a) Agricultural or forestry tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…ospitalisation will analyse the sample of establishments selected in application of article R. 6113-56, in order to verify that it is representative in terms of: 1° The distribution of health care est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…the certificates, records and reports which constitute the evidence of the inspections carried out. 5° The approved body takes out insurance covering its civil liability; 6° At the request of the Dire…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…inappropriately to a known security incident, threat or vulnerability in the software or hardware. 5° The type of measures that the supplier is likely to take to react to a security incident or to de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-5

…e by the employer under the Contrat de Securisation Professionnelle mentioned in 1° of article L. 3253-8 is paid to the body managing the unemployment insurance scheme.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-5

…lities of territorial interest;3° Sanitation and water;4° Management of household and similar waste;5° Social action of territorial interest, with the exception of that implemented as part of housing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…nal journalists or journalists treated as such, within the meaning of articles L. 7111-3 to L. 7111-5 of the Labour Code, and other authors of works included in the press publications referred to in A…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L221-5

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of services, digital content or digital services, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information i…

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