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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-5

Agreements may be concluded by universities and by regional hospital centres, acting jointly, with other health establishments or public or private organisations likely to be involved in the various m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-5

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons referred to in article L. 425-2 may only enter the premises referred to in article L. 425-4 between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. or at any time when these premis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-56

When the administrative authority detects a procedural irregularity in the course of the checks it carries out, it sends the employer a notice specifying the nature of the irregularity found. At the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-5

I.-In the event that the medical transfer order has been issued on the basis of I of article L. 3824-1, the High Commissioner will, upon arrival in the territory of the host community, transfer the pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-5

The court-appointed administrator not registered on the national list, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2, the judicial representative not on the n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L761-5

The actual removal of a foreign national who is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may not take place in French Guyana:1° If the consular authority so requests,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-5

Failure by the person responsible for placing the tattooing product on the market, within the meaning of article L. 513-10-2, to report serious adverse reactions to the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2315-5

Where it has a statutory right of access to the registers mentioned in Article L. 8113-4, the Social and Economic Committee is consulted prior to the introduction of an alternative medium under the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4351-2, holders of a higher technician's certificate in medical electroradiology may practise the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator and us…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article L614-5

The consumer mediator communicates to the consumer mediation evaluation and control commission mentioned in article L. 615-1 information relating to its skills, organisation and activity. The list of…

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