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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-3

Natural persons guilty of the offences defined in article L. 5431-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Dissemination of the sentence and one or more messages informing the publi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-3

Natural persons guilty of the offences defined in article L. 5437-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Dissemination of the sentencing decision and of one or more messages infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-3

…he decision handed down, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in article 131-35 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Temporary or permanent disqualification from exercising one or more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5439-3

…he decision handed down, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in article 131-35 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Temporary or permanent disqualification from exercising one or more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-3

…actice or for the pooling of the resources necessary for such practice; 2° A health establishment ; 3° A legal entity whose purpose relates, in particular, to the operation of a health establishment,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article R40-35

The authorisations provided for in Article 230-16 are issued under the following conditions: 1° For national police officers carrying out judicial police duties, either by the heads of the national po…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-31

…2° For intermediaries or agents, to entrust or have entrusted to them the child mentioned in 1° ; 3° For any person, inciting a child under the age of sixteen to leave the home of his or her parents…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-3

…l status of the company and, where applicable, the location of the branch, agency or branch office; 3° The effective date of the proposed transaction; 4° The surnames, first names, residences and nati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions relating to import and export.

Article R1235-3

…2° The designation of the organ, mentioning, where applicable, whether it is a right or left organ; 3° The purpose or purposes, as referred to in Articles L. 1211-1 and L. 1235-1, for which the organ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of biological samples

Article R1245-30

…c examinations, when these samples are used as part of a judicial enquiry or investigative measure; 3° Any user of tissues or cells of human origin to carry out quality control or evaluation of produc…

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