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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-9

The Managing Director, the Budget Controller, the Accounting Officer and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity. The Chief Exec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article D2323-9

Lactariums carry out their activities of collecting, qualifying, processing, preserving, distributing and issuing breast milk on medical prescription, in compliance with the rules of good practice men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation.

Article R822-96

If only one partner remains, he may, within a period of one year, transfer part of his shares to a third party entered on the list. Failing this, the company is dissolved on the date on which the peri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-9

The information mentioned in article L. 3513-10 which does not fall within the scope of business secrecy is made accessible to the public, in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Min…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-90

The authorisation referred to in article R. 5132-88 may only be granted to a natural person. In the companies mentioned in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1, authorisation may be requested for the phar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-95

The provisions of article R. 5132-79, with the exception of those set out in 5° and 6° of the said article, apply to containers or packaging containing psychotropic substances or their preparations. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-92

Apart from cases of transit through or through customs territory, it is prohibited to import or export psychotropic drugs without a special authorisation issued for each operation by the Director Gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-94

Persons engaged in national and international trade are required to draw up an annual summary statement indicating for each psychotropic substance or medicinal product containing it: 1° The quantities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-96

The managers of the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1 carrying out operations relating to medicinal products containing one or more psychotropic substances are subject to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-9

For the application of the regulations mentioned in articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-8 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the…

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