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Showing 32813290 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Unit dispensing of medicinal products in dispensing pharmacies

Article R5132-42-7

When dispensing a medicinal product by unit, the pharmacist provides the patient with a printed version of the package leaflet referred to in Article R. 5121-148. By way of derogation from the previou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-7

I.-Subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

…justifying the placement in police custody, in accordance with 1° to 6° of l'article 62-2 ; 2° The duration of the hearings of the person in police custody and the rest periods between these hearings…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-7

…town council.It is consulted on the development of marshland and uncultivated or obviously under-exploited land belonging to the section under the conditions provided for by the articles L. 125-1 to L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-68

…d Electronic Communications Code, as well as the legal entities providing services mentioned in the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 2° Financial, banking a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-7

…for their studies and unemployed reservists; 5° (Repealed) 6° (Repealed) 7° (Repealed) 8° The procedures for the employer's objection to the reservist's absence mentioned in the second paragraph of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-7

…S OF TRIAL COMPETENT TO JUDGE THE CRIMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 706-26 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Drug trafficking offences) COURT D'APPEL COUR D'ASSISES COMPÉTENCE TERRITORIALE Agen Cour d'as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-7

…conditions for the validity of the research, particularly with regard to :-the protection of individuals, in particular the protection of participants ;the adequacy, completeness and intelligibility…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-6

Restrictions on the right to move and reside freely in France imposed on foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book may only be justified by behaviour which constitutes, from the point…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-6

The sixth paragraph of Article L. 251-1 and articles L. 251-7 and

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