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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D526

…ication for conditional release. To this end, he may apply the provisions of article 712-16. In all cases, the sentence enforcement judge may also seek the opinion of the public prosecutor of the judi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-23

…ers may not be less than thirty-five days from the date on which the contract notice is sent in the case of open invitations to tender. In the case of restricted invitations to tender and the procedur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-4

…Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5121-51-1, the Director General of the Agency will notify the States…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-6

The approval decision shall specify: 1° In the case of courses whose duration is defined in advance: a) The maximum number of trainees likely to be remunerated each year; b) The total duration and wee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5126-41

…ment of the legal representative of each managing legal entity or of the Minister of Defence in the case of army hospitals. Refusal by these legal representatives or the Minister may only be refused o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-37

…tory is recorded in the special register of narcotics or in the computer records and, in the latter case, appended to the editions of the records and countersigned by the parties concerned. The transf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures.

Article R5141-47-5

…urité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5141-47-2, the Director General of the Agency notifies the States co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…6 are entered on the register of section B or section E of the national order of pharmacists in the case of establishments referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 11° and 12° of article R. 5142-1 and on the regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-22

…egated pharmacist or veterinary surgeon can only be registered for one establishment, except in the case where the same pharmacist or veterinary surgeon works as the delegated pharmacist or veterinary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3

…The form and content of this report are defined by the Director General of the Agency and, in the case of medicinal products, in cooperation with the European Medicines Agency. This report is sent t…

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