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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5-4

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the nurses' association of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for nurses in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5-1

The judicial representative may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L522-5

I.-Prior to taking out or subscribing to a contract as referred to in article L. 522-1, the intermediary or the insurance or capitalisation undertaking shall specify in writing the requirements and ne…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-5

Reasons shall be given for the rejection decisions referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 411-4, for decisions ruling on an opposition filed against an application for registration of a trad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-5

Where the provisions of Titles I to VI of this Book are applied in respect of a business carried on without the allocation of assets and liabilities, the assets and liabilities which, where applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: INTERDEPARTMENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Article L5421-5

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of interdepartmental cooperation, budget…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Dimensions

Article R1331-57

The minimum floor area and ceiling height of tourist accommodation rooms, excluding sanitary facilities, correspond to those set for the first category by the classification table provided for in arti…

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

Article R5121-37-3

After a marketing authorisation has been granted, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require the marketing authorisation holder to carr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-5

The procedures for applying this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Explosion prevention

Article R4227-53

Where workers from several undertakings are present in the same workplace, the head of the user undertaking shall specify in the explosion protection document the purpose, measures and procedures for…

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