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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-5

…ere applicable, or of the guardianship is rendered to the emancipated minor under the conditions provided for respectively by articles 387-5 et 514.

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

Article R411-5

…ision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the conditions provided for in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-5

The objection provided for in the first paragraph of I of article L. 134-4, the objection provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 134-5 and the request for withdrawal provided for in the fir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

…to draw up the declaration relating to the employment obligation, the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or in article L. 723-2 of the Rural and Maritime F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-5

…ee years. It may be renewed. The qualified person mentioned in 5° is appointed by order of the supervisory ministers. The staff representatives elected in accordance with 6° of article R. 1313-4 are a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 5

…142-35 PERSONAL DATA WHICH MAY BE RECORDED IN THE STATISTICAL AND MONITORING TOOL FOR RETURN AID PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6224-5

The provisions of articles R. 6222-4, R. 6222-5 and R. 6222-8 do not apply to medical laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Resources and means

Article R1233-5

…ional Coordination Committee of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion referred to in Article L. 1233-4 comprises, in addition to the Director General of the Agency or his representative who cha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-5

The basic services referred to in II of Article L. 312-1 include :1° Account opening, maintenance and closure ;2° One change of address per year;3° Issuing bank identity statements on request;4° Direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-55

…all inform it of the arrangements allowing it to communicate by electronic means. Subject to the provisions of this section, the provisions of sub-section 5 of section 4 of Chapter IV of Title I of Bo…

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