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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…neral surgery ; 2° Neurosurgery ; 3° Urological surgery ; 4° Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology ; 5° Pediatric surgery ; 6° Surgery of the face and neck ; 7° Maxillo-facial surgery and stomatology,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-2

…contained, where applicable, in protocols drawn up on the initiative of the prescribing doctor(s); 5° Participating in the prevention, assessment and relief of pain and the physical and psychological…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78-1

I. - France Compétences invites the branches, by any means that provides a definite date of receipt of this request, to determine the level of funding for apprenticeship contracts, in accordance with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Billing for services

Article D7233-1

…d address of the beneficiary of the service provided; 4° The exact nature of the services provided; 5° The amount of the sums actually paid for the provision of the service; 6° A registration number f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-79

…onding to the packaging used; 4° The name and address of the manufacturer, distributor or importer; 5° A skull and crossbones on an orange-yellow square background of sufficient size; this square is p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-2

…4° Where applicable, the name of the authorised body which carried out the conformity assessment; 5° The name of the manufacturer of the medical device or his authorised representative; 6° Informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-4

…elating to the maintenance of the in vitro diagnostic medical device since it was put into service; 5° A description of all modifications made to the device since its acquisition by the person respons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

Television service publishers and distributors may not use technical measures that would have the effect of depriving the public of the benefit of the private copy exception, including on a medium and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

An administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal person shall be imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-2

If the person under investigation voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision, the examining magistrate may issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring him or her to trial. The invest…

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