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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-7

…are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in article 131-35 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-6

Any attempt to commit the offences referred to in article L. 5438-4 shall be subject to the same penalties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-3

Any manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances as defined by Article L. 5138-2 who carries out his activity without having been authorised to do so by the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-8

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-2

…sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 5138-1 is liable to one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-1

…breach subject to a financial penalty:1° Failure by manufacturers, importers or distributors of active substances to comply with the good manufacturing and distribution practices referred to in the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-5

…materials for pharmaceutical use without a legitimate reason is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.Where the falsified raw material for pharmaceutical use is dangerous to human…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chambers

Article R1423-8

…up within a section of a labour tribunal. Each chamber comprises at least four employer councillors and four employee councillors.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chambers

Article R1423-10

The constitution of the chambers is decided by the first president of the court of appeal, on a proposal from the general assembly of the industrial tribunal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chambers

Article R1423-9

Where a section comprises several chambers, one of them has jurisdiction to hear disputes and litigation relating to redundancies for economic reasons.

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