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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6

Pharmacists dispense medicines covered by lists I and II and medicines classified as narcotics on prescription or on order for professional use: 1° From a doctor ; 2° a dental surgeon, for dental purp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-6

An agreement is signed between each commercial court registrar's office and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. Any contractual stipulation contrary to the standard clauses set out in the Annex 7-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The regional economic, social and environmental council

Article L4134-6

Article L. 4135-1, the first and last paragraphs of Article L. 4135-19 and article L. 4135-26 are applicable to the president and members of the regional economic, social and environmental council. Me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-6

In order to obtain the authorisation referred to in Article R. 2131-5-5, the public health establishment or medical biology laboratory must have the equipment necessary to carry out these activities u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation of disciplinary chambers of first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

Article R4126-6

…the president of the court. They monitor the investigation of cases, carry out the procedural acts and clerk the hearings. To this end, they sign correspondence on behalf of the president of the cour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-6

Subject to the provisions of article R. 623-7, in order to be registered, the denomination must enable the variety to be identified from any other variety and avoid any risk of confusion with any othe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-2

…of Justice in the relevant investigation department. They may be ordered by the Minister of Justice and are then directed by a magistrate.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-2

…ared for all the acts of the proceedings, has complied with the obligations of judicial supervision and has submitted to the enforcement of the judgment. If this is not the case, unless there is a leg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-2

…vision, the examining magistrate may issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring him or her to trial. The investigating judge may also, under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-2

…n for a crime or for an offence mentioned in article 706-47, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, decide in his order to…

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