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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R1132-5-1

The genetic counsellor may, in the cases defined by the organisational protocol provided for in Article R. 1132-5-2: 1° Prescribe the medical biology examinations mentioned in Article R. 1131-2 and in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-5

…all notify the parties of the order by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The notification letter mentions the provisions of articles 1425-7 and 1425-8.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article D47-5

By application of the provisions of Article 706-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in that table…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 5121-50, each year the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes on its website the list of medicinal produc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-5

…fare Fund is responsible for collecting the contributions mentioned in 2° to 4° of I of Article L. 6131-1 and, where applicable, from 1 January 2024, those mentioned in 5° of the same I, as well as th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-5

…ng any contractual clause providing for the reduction or conversion of the instruments mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° below and subject to the exclusions mentioned in I and II of Article L. 613-55-1, the r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-5

Reasons shall be given for the decision rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5

…of offence is forwarded by the operator to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the offender automatically becomes liable for an increased fixed fine recovered by the Public Treasury by virtue of a tit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-5

The copy of the import authorisation or temporary use authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-10 is presented during the inspection by the customs officers. For imported veterinary medicinal prod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L775-5

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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