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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-5

The conditions under which emergency contraception not subject to compulsory prescription may be administered to day and boarding pupils in secondary education establishments, in application of the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Livestock health programmes and groups authorised to purchase, hold and dispense veterinary medicinal products

Article R5143-5

When the acquisition, possession and supply of veterinary medicinal products by the groups provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 5143-6 are carried out under the supervision of a pharmacis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-5

…wful use where the person carrying out these activities knew, or should have known in the circumstances, that the secret was being used unlawfully within the meaning of the first paragraph of this Art…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…e holders of a copyright or a right related to copyright in a work, other than software, a performance, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or a press publication are protected under the conditions…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-5

The rules relating to tacit renewal and the procedures for cancelling insurance contracts are laid down by the provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book I of the Insurance Code.The rules relating t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-5

When the budget of a territorial authority is not voted in real balance, the regional audit chamber, seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-5

…fingerprints or photographs authorised by the public prosecutor or investigating judge, in accordance with the provisions of article 78-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-5

Memoranda or any other document containing general and permanent obligations in the matters mentioned in articles L. 1321-1 and L. 1321-2 are, where there are internal regulations, considered as addit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-5

The donor is granted leave of absence by her employer to attend the examinations and undergo the procedures required for ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval. If the donor is an employee, authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-5

As stated in Article 511-7 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The fact of removing organs or transplanting organs, removing tissues or cells, transplanting tissues or administering cell therapy…

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