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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Specific applications.

Article R5132-39

…on public health grounds, be applied, in whole or in part, to medicinal products containing substances or preparations which, although not classified as narcotics, are manufactured from narcotics or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-31

…urgent care. This provision is determined, after consultation with the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for Health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-36

All entries and withdrawals of substances and medicinal products classified as narcotics are recorded by the persons mentioned in article R. 5132-76 in a register or recorded by a specific computer sy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…tration. These copies must be presented at the request of any supervisory authority. Without prejudice to the transcriptions mentioned in article R. 5132-10, the pharmacist shall record the name and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D4321-35-1

The procedures for awarding the allowances referred to in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 4125-3-1 are those provided for in articles D. 4125-33 and D. 4125-34, subject to the following…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-3

…e estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for a formalised procedure, the purchaser must take into account the energy and environmental impact of this vehicle thr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-3

…ing from individual monitoring of his state of health in an occupational health and prevention service, by the occupational health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

The categories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…1313-1 includes, in particular:1° The French Environment and Energy Management Agency ;2° The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (National Agency for the Safety of M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

…ent defines the notion of coherent press family or sets out the list of each of the press titles concerned. The use of the journalist's work within the coherent press family must include information t…

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