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Showing 661670 of 27215 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31 juillet 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-31

Deregistration may be ordered by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if the company does not comply with the legislative or regulatory provisions governing non-trading professional comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-31

The envelopes are counted before the count, as and when they are received, on the voters' list.At the start of the count, the polling station checks that the number of envelopes to be opened correspon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-31

…and their traditional use in the claimed indication; 2° The safety of the homeopathic medicinal product, particularly with regard to the degree of dilution of each of its constituents; 3° The route o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-31

…lacement for a managing or delegated pharmacist must devote themselves exclusively to this activity during the period for which they are responsible.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-31

The pharmacy for internal use must be set up or transferred within one year of the date on which the authorisation is deemed to have been obtained or has been notified by any means that provides a def…

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

Article R5142-31

…le R. 5142-1 or the pharmacist or veterinary surgeon delegated by his establishment carries out his duties on a permanent and continuous basis. These duties are incompatible, in particular, with the r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-31

The manufacturer may instruct his authorised representative to initiate the following procedures: 1° Declaration relating to medical devices to be the subject of clinical investigations ; 2° EC declar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-31

If a quality control reveals a deterioration in the performance or characteristics of the device, the operator shall take appropriate measures relating to its use and shall bring the device back into…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-31

The decisions taken by the approved bodies under the procedures referred to in sub-sections 4, 5 and 6 of section 6 of this chapter are valid for five years. They may be renewed for five-year periods…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-31

…le R. 6111-28 shall include in its establishment project, as defined in article L. 6143-2, the procedures for its interventions in prisons.

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