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Showing 23012310 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-15

In a société d'exercice libéral set up to practise one of the professions to which this section applies, the direct or indirect holding of shares representing all or part of the share capital not held…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1

…o the dispensing of magistral or officinal preparations and, on the other hand, to providing pharmaceutical advice and carrying out the tasks set out in article L. 5125-1-1 A. A dispensary may entrust…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body referred to in Article R. 1245-1, for therapeutic purposes

Article R1245-4

…s or natural persons mentioned in article R. 1245-1 who procure, supply, import or export for therapeutic purposes, including research involving the human person within the meaning of article L. 1121-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-52

…o control of the finished product when it is imported : 1° From a State that is not a member of the European Community and not party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ; 2° Or from another…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-17

…nce, in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter, or in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area by the provisions transposing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-5

Within ninety days of the inspection of a pharmaceutical establishment referred to in article R. 5124-2, a certificate of compliance with good practice is issued to the pharmacist in charge if, at the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

…n accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 6 of Article 22 and Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-2

…emed not to have been fulfilled if declarations relating to cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5-1

…registration, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-98

…nt to the second paragraph shall be made public in accordance with Article 435(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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