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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Preparations containing several poisonous substances.

Article R5132-41

The provisions of article R. 5132-40 are applicable to the salts and esters of these substances as well as to compositions containing these substances, their salts or their esters in any form whatsoev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Preparations containing several poisonous substances.

Article R5132-40

The prescription in the form of a magistral preparation and the incorporation in the same preparation of poisonous substances appearing on the classification list in Annex 51-1 and belonging to differ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Former status of contractual practitioners

Article R6152-400

The provisions of this section remain applicable only to contractual practitioners in post on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules applicable to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-4

…thout the biological analyses and screening tests for transmissible diseases required under article L. 1221-4 shall be punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and scope

Article L4022-4

A Conseil d'Etat decree defines:1° The conditions under which certain categories of professionals, within each of the professions mentioned in Article L. 4022-3, may be wholly or partially exempt from…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-4

…it without providing the borrower with an agreement satisfying the conditions laid down in Articles L. 312-18, L. 312-21, L. 312-28, L. 312-29, L. 312-43 and, for account overdraft transactions, by ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article L314-4

A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the conditions for application of articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-3 and in particular the methods for determining the basis of assessment and calculating the overall effe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L926-4

For the application of Article L. 611-7, L. 626-6, L. 643-3 and L. 643-11, the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code are the local supplementary or additional retirement or prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

I. - Articles L. 1424-1 to L. 1424-13, L. 1424-17 to L. 1424-19, L. 1424-22, L. 1424-24 to L. 1424-44, L. 1424-46 et L. 1424-48 to L. 1424-50 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014, subject to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Withdrawal of assignment to certain works

Article L4733-4

Withdrawal decisions taken in application of articles L. 4733-2 and L. 4733-3 may not result in any financial prejudice to the young person concerned or in the suspension or termination of the employm…

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