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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-5

The pharmacy of the health agency for the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is responsible for dispensing medicines and medical devices and their accessories.This pharmacy is managed by a pha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-5

…signed to receive prisoners or persons subject to secure detention. The provisions of Titles I, III and of this Title shall be adapted by regulation to the specific operating conditions of these estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-5

The centres for the fight against cancer defined in Article L. 6162-1 and the private health establishments managed by the legal entities under private law mentioned in 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article D221-5

…eet total is set at 4,000,000 euros, the amount of turnover excluding tax is set at 8,000,000 euros and the average number of employees is set at fifty. The balance sheet total and the amount of turno…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7321-5

Any agreement contrary to the provisions of this chapter is null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-5

The person exercising a right of appeal on behalf of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee or, where applicable, the employees' representative must, on pain of inadmissibility, pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article R2241-5

…t company designated by the seller, by contract or by judicial authority, to carry out the purchase and apply for registration of the securities acquired in reinvestment.The funds shall be remitted on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-5

…nforeseen expenditure", "Transfer from the operating section", "Transfer to the investment section" and "Proceeds from the disposal of fixed assets" do not include any article.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-5

…11-3 to be reached. Subject to the time limits set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 2411-3 and article L. 2411-6, the request is inadmissible if more than two months have elapsed, counted fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5

…ntence is interrupted by acts or decisions of the public prosecutor, the sentence enforcement judge and, in the case of fines, the directorate general of public finance, which tend towards its enforce…

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