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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-43

…termediate products), 12° and 14° of article R. 5124-2 sell directly to practitioners authorised to use them and for exclusive use by these practitioners for their professional use, on written order f…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3

Accommodation, the restaurant and the distribution of ready-made meals may only be used in connection with the village's activities. Apart from holiday stays, holiday villages run by non-profit organi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018-1

Where the trust agreement provides that the settlor retains the use or enjoyment of a business or property for business use transferred to the trust assets, the agreement entered into for this purpose…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-12

Where the means of distance communication used imposes space or time limits on the presentation of information, the trader shall provide the consumer by the means of communication used by the latter,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of life cycle costing as an award criterion

Article R2152-10

Where the purchaser assesses costs using a life-cycle approach, it shall indicate in the tender documents the data to be provided by tenderers and the method it will use to determine the life-cycle co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L3513-1

…oducts, including cartridges, reservoirs and devices without a cartridge or reservoir, which can be used, by means of a mouthpiece, for the consumption of vapour containing nicotine where appropriate.…

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

Article L5132-6

…nd II mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5132-1 comprise :1° (Repealed) ;2° Medicinal products for human use likely to present a direct or indirect danger to health ;3° Medicinal products for human use con…

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

Article L5143-10

…Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety:1° The conditions of preparation, labelling and use of extemporaneous preparations ;2° The conditions of acquisition, possession, supply and use of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of reactovigilance

Article R5222-2

…nce of an in vitro diagnostic medical device, or an inadequacy in the labelling or instructions for use likely to lead or to have led directly or indirectly to adverse effects on human health; 2° Reco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8-1

…t to a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status that so requests.The powers delegated pursuant to this article are exercised in the name…

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