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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Unit dispensing of medicinal products in dispensing pharmacies

Article R5132-42-5

Without prejudice to the case where the number of units prescribed corresponds to the number of units appearing in an initial outer packaging that complies with the provisions of article R. 5121-138,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-4

The data relating to the third-party donors mentioned in Article L. 2143-3, the data relating to their donations and to the persons born as a result of these donations, as well as the identity of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ban on smoking in certain public places

Article R3512-4

…osed rooms used for smoking and in which no services are provided. No servicing or maintenance work may be carried out unless the air has been changed for at least one hour in the absence of any occup…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

…e expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty-five years from 1 January of the calendar year following that of publication. The right to exploit posthumous works belongs to the au…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-4

…ore 30 June 1986, or if no agreement has been reached on the expiry of the previous agreement, the scale of remuneration and the terms of payment of the remuneration are decided by a commission chaire…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11

…tence, the person is, according to the distinctions provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-8, either immediately incarcerated in a remand centre, or summoned before the sentence enforceme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-4

Cheques may only be drawn on a credit institution, an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company, the French Treasury, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations or the Banque…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of sporting events and competitions on the public highway

Article A331-40

…ad Signs and Signals: two-sided mobile post, model K10 (one per signaller).Signallers on motorbikes may manually regulate traffic without a K10 sign as long as they are wearing an approved helmet and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-4

…its members. This number is determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The total number of members may not exceed a maximum also determined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat; 3° The following persons,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-4

…e loss or damage, up to the amount of the benefits payable by the said persons. However, the Office may only take action under this subrogation where the damage is attributable to fault. The Office ma…

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