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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-5

The person responsible, as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, for placing on the market, fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Miscellaneous products and objects.

Article L5232-5

I.-Any person who places on the market products which, at the end of their manufacturing process, contain substances whose endocrine-disrupting properties the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personnel.

Article L5323-5

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The rules applicable to the Agency's contract staff ; 2° The defi…

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

Article L5438-5

Anyone found to be in possession of falsified raw materials for pharmaceutical use without a legitimate reason is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.Where the falsified raw mate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-5

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

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-5

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-5

Where the judicial authority is prosecuted for an infringement of the provisions of this chapter, the administrative authority may, if the interests of public hygiene or animal health so require, orde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-5

The pharmacy of the health agency for the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is responsible for dispensing medicines and medical devices and their accessories.This pharmacy is managed by a pha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-5

Where the groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens is a legal entity governed by public law, it is subject to the rules of public accounting and has an accounting officer appointed under conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

When the sums due in respect of default interest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles 39 and 40 of Law 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 containing various provisions for adaptin…

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