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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Home dispensing.

Article R5125-52

The medicinal products, products or articles mentioned in article L. 4211-1 are transported by the pharmacist dispensing them at home under conditions which guarantee their perfect preservation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for issuing the professional identification card

Article R8294-5

…must produce it without delay at the request of any of the control officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-54

…pensation for losses covered by insurance, the subscription of which is made compulsory by articles L. 211-1 or L. 242-1, and which are insured with the company in liquidation. It must, at the request…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-57

…tatutory auditors of the agreements and commitments authorised and entered into pursuant to Article L. 225-86 , within one month of entering into such agreements and commitments. It also informs them,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of judicial supervision

Article R17-5

…she shall present or send to the judge all the evidence required. Where the provisions of articles L. 355-1 et seq. of the Public Health Code are applicable, the examining magistrate may order the ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting cases of lead poisoning and lead exposure risks for minors - prescription and monitoring of work

Article R1334-5

The work carried out as part of the measures provided for in articles L. 511-11 and L. 511-19 of the French Construction and Housing Code is the work required to eliminate the risk identified, includi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-5

…icle D. 2411-3 to be reached. Subject to the time limits set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 2411-3 and article L. 2411-6, the request is inadmissible if more than two months have elapsed, c…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article R612-52

…en the Commission decides to impose a penalty payment in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 612-39 to L. 612-42, it does so in the same decision. The daily amount may not exceed fifteen tho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5211-5

When they meet the conditions set by article L. 5211-13, the members of the council or committee of one of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned by this article may be re…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-5

…itions, the authorisation conditions or the approval conditions referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4 are recognised as equivalent to those laid down for medical biology laboratories establish…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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