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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-127

…g imported, stating the parallel import authorisation number, the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the imported medicinal product and the country of origin.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-270

A discharge form is given to patients before they leave the unit. This report, signed by one of the unit doctors, mentions the identity of the medical staff who took part in the operation, the recomme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-1

…ealth, the civil service and the budget, the practitioner may only use the rights thus saved in the form of leave. The threshold mentioned in the previous paragraph may not exceed twenty days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: France Compétences

Article L6123-5

…ories of the public, under conditions set by a decree which specifies, in particular, the list of information relating to companies liable for these contributions sent to France Compétences by the bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-40

…g person to this work: a) For the employer, in application of Articles L. 4141-1 et seq., to have informed the young person of the risks to his health and safety and the measures taken to remedy them,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 186

When the personal appearance is ordered by a panel, the panel may decide that it will take place before one of its members. When it is ordered by the judge in charge of the investigation, the latter m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-8-1

Decisions of the National Disciplinary Board are rendered in collegial formation, subject to exceptions, specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating to the subject of the referral or dispute o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1168

The application is made by petition. If the person whose adoption is sought was taken into the applicant's home before the age of fifteen, the applicant may make the application himself by simple peti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-23

The full jurisdiction appeal to the Conseil d'Etat is lodged under the conditions laid down by the Code of Administrative Justice. The chairman of the High Council or the person sanctioned may lodge a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-29

The extension of a centre must be the subject of a new approval issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 5213-27 and R. 5213-28. Changes to training programmes are approved by the regional p…

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