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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-34

The facilities also include : 1° Where they are not served by the pharmacy for internal use, lockable premises or cupboards for holding medicines, other pharmaceutical products and sterile or non-ster…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The deed of sale.

Article L141-2

On the day of the sale, the vendor and the purchaser will sign a document showing the monthly sales figures achieved between the end of the last financial year and the month preceding that of the sale…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IX: Debates.

Article 23-1

If one of the parties is deaf, the judge shall designate to assist him or her, by non-appealable order, an interpreter in sign language or in completed spoken language, or any qualified person who has…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Parental authority over the person of the child

Article 371-4

Children have the right to maintain personal relations with their ascendants. Only the interests of the child may prevent the exercise of this right.If it is in the child's interests, the family court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-1

Where the person under investigation is prohibited from receiving or meeting the victim or entering into a relationship in any way whatsoever with the victim pursuant to the provisions of 9° of l'arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 182

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-9

In compliance with the contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8, approved sports federations participate in the implementation of public service missions relating to the develop…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 ter

Even if the periods provided for in articles 354 and 354a have elapsed, omissions or deficiencies in taxation constituting offences whose purpose or result is the non-recovery of duties or taxes, reve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Leave for sick children.

Article L1225-61

Employees are entitled to unpaid leave in the event of the illness or accident, as certified by a doctor, of a child under the age of sixteen for whom they are responsible within the meaning of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-1

Blood and blood components may be used for research purposes, whether or not they have been collected by the Etablissement Français du Sang. In this case, the research is carried out using samples tak…

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