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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-10

…and which presents one of the following seriousness criteria for the person intoxicated: 1° Death ; 2° Life-threatening; 3° Temporary or permanent functional impairment; 4° hospitalisation for more th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…form of packaging of the medicinal product concerned as it is intended to be placed on the market; 2°. Common dispensing unit: the smallest unit of the medicinal product dispensed for one treatment.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-3

In the same decision, the court finds that the conditions mentioned in article L. 1143-2 have been met and rules on the defendant's liability in the light of the individual cases presented by the clai…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Action for subsidies

Article 342-6

Articles 327 paragraph 2, and 328 above are applicable to the action for subsidies.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The rights of spouses and matrimonial property regimes.

Article 1296

The judgment rejecting the application for separation of property is published in accordance with paragraph 2 of

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Sports agent commissions and sports agent delegates

Article R222-3

When sitting in disciplinary matters, the Sports Agents' Commission is composed solely of its Chairman and the members mentioned in 1° to 3° of article R. 222-2. The member mentioned under 5° of artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-7

Candidates must 1° Be of French nationality ; 2° They must not have any entries in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record that are incompatible with the exercise of industrial tribunal functions and mu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-13

The following may be candidates in the employees' college: 1° Non-managerial employees ; 2° Managers who do not hold the special delegation of authority referred to in 3° of Article L. 1441-12; 3° Emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4424-1

The provisions of Title VI of Book I of this Part are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 relating to the organi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-4

…Assembly of Corsica may decide: 1° To individualise appropriations in the budget by beneficiary; or 2° To draw up, in a statement annexed to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them,…

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