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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-11

…d doctor must attend the consultation in person and, except in the case of annual leave or illness, may only be replaced in exceptional circumstances; the replacement must always be a person who fulfi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 954

In the event of revocation on the grounds of non-performance of the conditions, the property will revert to the donor, free of all charges and mortgages in respect of the donee; and the donor will hav…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-11

…ssets of all property, rights or shares that have been fraudulently removed; 2° On any damages that may be claimed..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-11

If the Chief Executive Officer is absent or unable to act, or if the post is vacant, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer appointed for this purpose by order of the Minister for Economic Affairs publish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-90

…nd work relating to the safe use of veterinary medicinal products.The exercise of pharmacovigilance may involve research and analysis of the data contained in the marketing authorisation file for a ve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-93

The national veterinary pharmacovigilance system comprises : 1° The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail ; 2° (Deleted) ;3° The veterinary pharmac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-91

For veterinary medicinal products covered by a marketing authorisation or for homeopathic veterinary medicinal products covered by a registration, pharmacovigilance is carried out after the authorisat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-92

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply1° Adverse reaction: a noxious and unintended response occurring at doses normally used in animals for the prophylaxis, diagnosis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 946

In the event that the donor has reserved the freedom to dispose of an instrument included in the donation or of a fixed sum out of the donated property, if he dies without having disposed of it, the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work carried out off-voltage.

Article R4534-117

…al line, pipe or installation in the low voltage A (BTA) range, and in this case only, the employer may, subject to the written agreement of the operator, de-energise the line before the work and re-e…

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