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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging and label.

Article R5132-24

Containers or packaging containing medicinal products from lists I and II which have not been packaged for the public must bear a label of a size appropriate to their volume, affixed in such a way tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging and label.

Article R5132-25

The coloured net provided for in article R. 5132-15 is red for List I medicinal products and green for List II medicinal products.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-26

…tricting or depriving him or her of his or her liberty in respect of acts committed or convictions handed down before his or her departure from the territory of the executing State and which are not m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-27

…with a banking or financial institution or to obtain information concerning specific bank accounts and banking transactions that have been carried out during a specific period, the magistrate shall s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-25

…State for the purposes of executing a European Investigation Order if he or she consents in advance and if his or her transfer is not likely to prolong his or her detention.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-28

…identify the person targeted by the interception request, the desired duration of the interception and all the technical data necessary to set up the measure.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: National parks.

Article L343-3

Article L. 362-1 of the Environment Code sets out the rules for motor vehicle traffic on roads and paths in national parks.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-25

The first paragraph of Article 641 and the second paragraph of Article 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the calculation of the time limits within which the court must be seised and m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-24

…manifestations of the mental disorder suffered by the person who is the subject of psychiatric care and the particular circumstances, both of which make it necessary to continue full hospitalisation i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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