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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-13

After dispensing, the prescription or order form must bear : 1° The pharmacy stamp ; 2° The registration number(s) provided for in article R. 5132-10 ; 3° The date of dispensing; 4° The quantities dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Packaging.

Article R5132-15

The outer packaging of medicinal products covered by this section shall include : 1° If the medicinal product is intended for humans, a white space, surrounded by a coloured line, in which the dispens…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Packaging.

Article R5132-17

It is prohibited to use, for the medicinal products mentioned in article R. 5132-1, containers or packaging bearing the name of a product intended for human or animal consumption or likely to create c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-11

The provisions of articles R. 5132-9 and R. 5132-10 do not apply to family planning or education centres and university student health services in the event of contraception being supplied to a minor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-12

A quantity of medicinal products corresponding to a treatment period of more than four weeks or one month of thirty days, depending on the packaging, may not be dispensed on a single occasion. However…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with the health insurance scheme

Article R6223-10

Any decision taken by a health insurance fund to place the company or a member practising within the company outside the scope of the agreement, or establishing that the company has been placed outsid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2362-1

The provisions of article R. 2162-1 apply.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-1

Subject to the exemptions provided for in Article L. 823-9, it is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 for any person to facilitate or attempt to facilitate, by direct or indir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment choices.

Article R3332-1

The appendix to the company savings plan regulations sets out the selection criteria and the list of investment instruments, as well as the notices for open-ended investment companies (SICAVs) and mut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3512-17

I.-Units of packaging and outer packaging for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco are of a single shade of colour and may include a bar code. They may show a "calibration mark" resulting solely from…

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