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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Involvement of third parties

Article 373-5

If neither father nor mother is left in a position to exercise parental authority, guardianship shall be opened as stated in article 390 below.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-5

Sports federations look after the health of their members and to this end take the necessary measures, particularly with regard to training programmes and the calendar of competitions and sporting eve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-5

Employers shall allow employees of their company who are members of a labour tribunal the time necessary to travel to and take part in the labour tribunal activities determined by decree of the Consei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of poisoning

Article L1340-5

…nstream users or distributors shall declare to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance any cases of human intoxication of which they are aware and which are induced by a substance or mixture for wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-5

Insurance on good or bad news is void if it is established that, before the conclusion of the contract, the insured had personal knowledge of the loss or the insurer of the arrival of the insured obje…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence

Article L512-5

The conditions of professional competence to be met by insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons who dire…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of operating accounts

Article D251-5

The line producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 251-12 to submit its written observations to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exclusion of specialised cinemas

Article D311-5

Operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments may opt to specialise one or more cinematographic entertainment venues in the showing of pornographic cinematographic or audiovisual works or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-5

…erforms the duties for which he or she was commissioned. It is also terminated by reasoned decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the conditions provided…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-50

…d, investment approval may be granted to any production company that requests it for the production of feature films that meet the conditions set out in section 1 of this chapter.

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