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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

The thresholds of six months' or one year's imprisonment provided for in terms of sentence adjustment by the third paragraph of Article 132-19 and Article 132-25 of the Criminal Code, as well as by 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-17

An entreprise de travail temporaire d'insertion may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-15 up to 20% of the number of full-time jobs for integration set out in the agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-31

The provisions of this Code of Ethics apply to all chiropodists registered with the Register of Chiropodists and performing a professional act under the conditions set out in Articles L. 4322-1, L. 43…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Label.

Article R5132-38

Containers or packaging containing medicinal products covered by the narcotics regulations and not packaged for the public must bear a label of a size appropriate to their volume, affixed in such a wa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13

…5121-8 and Article L. 5121-9-1, the registrations provided for in Articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1, the authorisations or compassionate prescription frameworks provided for in Articles L. 5121-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the committee responsible for examining applications from pharmacists holding evidence of formal qualifications issued by a Member State of the European Union or by another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party.

Article D4221-2

I.-When it meets pursuant to articles L. 4221-9, L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2, the commission for authorisation to practise is composed as follows:1° The director general of the Centre national de ge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

…nised as an execution venue by Article 1 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/575 of 8 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, within the European Union, on 20 May 2016, 3% or more of a given category of tobacco products.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants.

Article L4332-3

…207 euros.The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of the Education Code is obtained by applying a coefficient to the total amount of the regional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-3

…I. - Reference framework Article L. 1181-1 of the present code, resulting from the law of 13 April 2016 aimed at strengthening the fight against the prostitution system and supporting people in prost…

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