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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-1

…g with the pharmacopoeia; 3° The preparation of generators, kits or precursors mentioned in article L. 5121-1 ; 4° Wholesale and retail sales, including over the Internet, and any dispensing to the pu…

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

Article L5124-6

…seeable date in the case of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest referred to in Article L. 5111-4. Marketing may not be discontinued before the end of the period required to introduce alte…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L765-2

…ity of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Article L. 711-2, the words: "or of one of the States listed in the first paragraph and for which he alone h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…le, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-7

The agency's resources are made up of : 1° Subsidies from public authorities, their public bodies, the European Union or international organisations; 2° Proceeds from taxes and payments made on its be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-7

The Agency's resources include :1° Subsidies from the European Union or international organisations;2° A contribution from compulsory health insurance schemes, paid and distributed in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-7

…h the holder of the information and the applicant.Subject to the objection provided for in articles L. 1111-5 and L. 1111-5-1, in the case of a minor, the right of access is exercised by the person or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8

…sure provided for in this article is implemented.Subject to the procedures provided for in Articles L. 716-8-4 and L. 716-8-5, the detention measure shall be lifted ipso jure if the applicant fails, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-2

…that they entail, as well as the other possible solutions and the foreseeable consequences of refusal. He/she is also informed of the possibility of receiving, when his/her state of health so permits,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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