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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and sampling

Article R241-5

…to take blood samples 3° To collect substances administered to the animal by any means whatsoever; 4° to take a sample from any part of the animal or from any element in contact with the animal.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article L831-5

In French Guiana, the provisions of articles L. 812-3 and L. 812-4 are applicable in an area between the land borders and a line drawn twenty kilometres below, as well as on route nationale 2 in the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-5

The assets of a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise mentioned in article L. 214-165-1 may include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by law no. 47-177…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-5

…imit its scope, or to exclude or limit the joint and several liability provided for in article 1792-4, is deemed unwritten.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-5

For the application of articles D. 1432-2, D. 1432-7 and D. 1432-11 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the reference to article D. 1432-1 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1442…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-243

…ivity under the conditions defined by article R. 121-1 and by the first paragraph of article L. 321-5 of the rural and maritime fishing code. If the registered person is an agricultural worker within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments responsible for psychiatric care without consent.

Article L3222-5

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 3222-4, in each department a departmental commission for psychiatric care is responsible for examining the situation of persons admitted for psychiatr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-5

…e contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article L. 370-4, shall immediately inform the competent authority of the State in which the institution is authori…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-5

Public health establishments, the bodies referred to in article L. 124-4 of the Social Security Code that manage health establishments and health cooperation structures with a public law legal persona…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2361-5

The minimum period laid down in articles R. 2361-3 and R. 2361-4 may be reduced by five days if the purchaser offers, by electronic means and as from the publication of the call for tenders, unrestric…

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