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Showing 50915100 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Return visit

Article R4624-33

The occupational physician is informed by the employer of any absence from work of less than thirty days due to an accident at work, so that he can assess, in particular, whether a further medical exa…

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

Article R5132-30

It is forbidden to prescribe medicines classified as narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations for treatment lasting more than twenty-eight days.This period may be reduced for certain designated m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-33

A prescription containing a prescription for medicinal products classified as narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations may only be filled in its entirety or for the entire portion of the treatmen…

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

Article R5132-32

The order forms referred to in article R. 5132-31 are kept and filed by dispensing pharmacists under the same conditions as prescriptions for narcotics.

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

Article R5132-31

…rders for professional use under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 5132-4 or in VI of article R. 5141-111 for veterinary surgeons and in article R. 5132-29. A quarterly…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations, bearing the particulars provided for in article R. 5132-13, is kept for three years by the pharmacist or veterinarian. In the case of proprietary medicin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

…Director of a public health institution to present a recovery plan in application of Article L. 6143-3 when he considers that the financial situation so requires, or when one or more of the following…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-13

…ddition, his paternity is judicially declared. The action is governed by the provisions of articles 328 and 331. A woman who, after consenting to medically assisted procreation, obstructs the delivery…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…and tax or non-tax notices. They will also be informed that the fixed procedural fee payable under 3° of article 1018 A of the General Tax Code may be increased if he does not appear personally at th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Advertising under ordinary law

Article R322-31

…ation relating to its surface area, as well as, where applicable, the dates and times of the visit; 3° The amount of the upset price; 4° The day, time and place of the sale; 5° An indication that bids…

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