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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

Engaging in operations reserved for pharmacists without meeting the conditions required by this Book constitutes the illegal practice of the profession of pharmacist. Illegal practice is punishable by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-17 c (art. A322-91)

Exploration conditions for nitrox diving in the natural environmentSPACESSUPERVISED DIVINGSCUBA DIVINGMinimum skillsof supervised diversMaximum numberof the group(not including the person supervisingt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-17

Where it is clear that the person lodging the appeal lodged it after the expiry of the ten-day period provided for in Article 149-3, the chairman of the committee may, after notifying the persons list…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

Failure to comply with the first and third paragraphs of article L. 3262-2, article L. 3262-3 and the second paragraph of article L. 3262-5 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The same applies to in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Surrender of the wanted person

Article 695-38

The provisions of Article 695-37 do not preclude the Investigating Chamber, after ruling on the execution of the European arrest warrant, from temporarily postponing the surrender for serious humanita…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-44

With regard to applications for plant variety certificates for varieties belonging to species included in the list established by order made pursuant to article L. 623-9, the procedures provided for b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-4

For the application of the provisions of article D. 4323-1-3, the information collected and sorted by the Order of chiropodists is kept by it for a period corresponding to the period of provisional re…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-6

A European Union trade mark that validly claims the seniority of a trade mark registered in France or of an international registration designating France, in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Traffic

Article 307

With the exception of stills belonging to itinerant hirers, apparatus or parts of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or pressing of eaux-de-vie or spirits may only circulate anywhere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy.

Article L6153-5

Students in the third cycle of medical studies may administer, as part of a training period and under the supervision of the training supervisor, vaccines, the list of which and, where applicable, the…

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