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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-23

Pharmacists holding elected or administrative office or honorary positions must not use them to increase their customer base.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-28

Pharmacists must refrain from organising or participating in events relating to pharmacy or medical biology which do not meet scientific, technical or teaching objectives and which would provide them…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20

The deed of constitution of the regional cross-industry joint committee determines its geographical scope and the conditions of its management. In particular, it lays down: 1° The composition and scop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-2

For application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Of Articles L. 5211-1, L. 5211-3-1, L. 5212-2, L. 5221-1, L. 5221-4 and L. 5222-3, the provisions relating to the use of the European database on me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-21

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up and publish a list of the following persons:1° The persons mentioned in I of Article L. 612-2 ; 2° The persons mentioned in c of II o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers.

Article R4532-23

The three levels of health and safety coordinator competence are: 1° Level 1: ability to coordinate all operations; 2° Level 2: ability to coordinate second and third category operations; 3° Level 3:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…ged against income tax after deducting the tax reductions mentioned in articles 199 quater B to 200 bis, tax credits and non-dischargeable deductions or withholdings. If it exceeds the tax due, the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R4437-2

I. - The following provisions of Part Four of this Code shall not apply to Mayotte: 1° Book I, except for the provisions mentioned in this chapter; 2° Title III of Book II; 3° In Book III: a) Chapter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-286

The caisse départementale ou pluridépartementale de mutualité sociale agricole validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in article R. 123-243, in 1° t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-20

In the case provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 470-1, the procedure set out in article R. 41-2.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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