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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Parent-managed establishments and services

Article R2324-50

…e status of a parent-managed establishment or service. Apart from the staff mentioned in subsection 4, only holders of parental authority or legal representatives may take part in the care of children…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The running of pharmacies.

Article R4235-55

…or the pharmacist managing a dispensary may make the prescription medicines mentioned in article R. 5121-202 directly accessible to the public. These medicinal products must be presented in a dedicate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-24

…ratories, this name or acronym may not take precedence over the name of the pharmacy or laboratory; 4° Titles and functions approved for this purpose by the Conseil national de l'ordre; 5° Honorary di…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-5

…inctive character, whether or not the mark is registered in the proprietor's name in the form used; 4° The affixing of the mark to goods or their packaging, by the proprietor or with his consent, excl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 55-1

…raphs ordered by the judicial police officer is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.Without prejudice to the application of the penultimate paragraph, when the taking of f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-50

…informed, in order to apply, where applicable, the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 706-53-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-3

…provided by the Centre national de gestion, includes the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-23 and the exclusive public service commitment allowance. The practitioner also receives, where…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-5

…yees of the establishment who hold one of the qualifications or diplomas required in article R. 113-4 for each of these categories or who can prove: 1° For category 1 "head of department" posts, that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of apprenticeship players

Article R6211-5

…ion may allocate a fraction of the resources allocated to it in application of I of article R. 6211-4 to the capital expenditure mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 6211-3 when, over the same period, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5213-5

The application for authorisation to advertise the medical devices referred to in Article L. 5213-4 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produ…

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