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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Pharmacists and veterinary assistants in veterinary pharmaceutical establishments.

Article R5142-40

…operations and all related controls ; 2° Procurement, warehousing, order preparation and packaging; 3° Batch monitoring, complaints handling, product withdrawals and returns, pharmacovigilance operati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article R6144-1-1

…he following matters: 1° The annual report on the establishment's activities; 2° Division contracts 3° The annual review of the duty rosters; 4° The nursing, re-education and medico-technical care pro…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-7

I.-In accordance with article 48-1, the retention period for personal information and data recorded as part of criminal proceedings is ten years from the last recorded update; this period is extended…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Dispensing to the public

Article R5126-62

…R. 5126-61, or the Director General of the Agency, in the case of a medicinal product mentioned in 3° of this article, will inform the holder of the authorisation, the company or the organisation res…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Trainee foreign nationals

Article R426-21

In the event of an extension to the duration of the training period provided for in 2° or 3° of article R. 426-16, an amendment to the training agreement is sent to the prefect using a teleservice, wi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-6

…epresentative of the State in New Caledonia or French Polynesia"; c) Paragraph 8 is not applicable; 3° In article R. 4234-35: a) In the first paragraph of article R. 4234-35, the words: "in the fourth…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article D4021-2

…1-2 ; 2° The multi-annual continuing professional development pathway defined in Article L. 4021-3; 3° A traceability document enabling each professional to trace the continuing professional developme…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Organisation of work

Article R4412-118

…constraints, postures and efforts: 1° The duration of each shift ; 2° The number of shifts per day; 3° The time required for workers to dress, undress and decontaminate in the facilities provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for intervention

Article R4451-102

…en and to the conditions of the intervention; 2° Confirms his or her agreement to the intervention; 3° Benefits from personal protective equipment adapted to the nature of the intervention in a radiol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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