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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Other provisions

Article R5126-114

For the supply of maritime companies operating ships, in application of 4° of article L. 5126-5, pharmacies for internal use may supply pharmacies with medicines reserved for hospital use, on presenta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-1

…to the retail sale of products not originating from their operation, under conditions set by decree.7° The creation or extension of a permanent point for the withdrawal by customers of retail purchase…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9-1

…prescribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for respectively in 6° and 7° of article L. 5126-1 to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are speci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article D214-11

The period provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…nces under Articles L. 3512-23 à L. 3512-25 of the Public Health Code and their implementing texts; 7° The offences provided for in Articles 56 and 57 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-14

…other hand, to the members of the supervisory body, as well as any other benefits granted to them; 7° The amount of revenue from the exploitation of rights, broken down by category of rights managed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3211-2

…° To decide on the conclusion and revision of leases of goods for a term not exceeding twelve years;7° To accept compensation for claims relating to insurance contracts;8° To create, modify or abolish…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

…January of the year following the year during which the sums entered in the account were calculated;7° With regard to automatic financial aid for the promotion of cinematographic works abroad, within…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-5

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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