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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-9

When they have the status of Community goods and are coming from or going to other Member States of the European Union, medicinal products, substances or preparations classified as narcotics or to whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-9

…the safety stock intended for the national market in application of the second paragraph of article L. 5121-29; 2° Any marketing authorisation holder or pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-9

…The external quality assessment bodies send the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products an annual report, the content of which is determined by order of the Minister fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

Voluntary or volunteer activities enabling the acquisition of rights recorded in euros and registered on the personal training account are :1° Civic service as referred to inarticle L. 120-1 of the Fr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-9

…ought against the seller, service provider or direct seller, pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 242-5 to L. 242-7-1, a consumer who has brought a civil action shall be entitled to claim before…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-9

…ian ascertains the presence of a risk to the health of workers, he/she shall propose, in a reasoned and detailed written document, measures aimed at protecting it. The employer shall take these propos…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-9

The campaign for the local referendum shall open at midnight on the second Monday preceding the poll. It shall close at midnight on the eve of the poll. It is organised by the territorial authority th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, for its authorised representative, having b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-9

…rticles of association. If the cooperative carries out the activities provided for in 2° of Article L. 124-1,this provision is waived under the conditions laid down by article L. 125-10.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

…convening the meeting for the purpose of deciding on such adaptations or transformations. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, such decisions are taken by a majority in number of the member…

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