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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 5122-11, the following may also engage in the activities defined in the first paragraph of that Article: 1° Persons who were engaged in such activities for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12

…derogation from articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1, to a medicinal product which does not have a marketing authorisation in the indication in question and for which the company concerned has submitted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-12

Any pharmacist who is a partner in a company operating a pharmacy and who carries out his activity there must directly hold a fraction of the share capital and the associated voting rights.In a genera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-12

…diovisual communication under the conditions set out in 9° of article 131-39 of the same code; 3° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the thing t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-12

…without complying with the obligation to mention the warnings and precautions for use necessary to inform the consumer or despite the ban imposed by the Director General of the Agence nationale de séc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-12

…easons for the revision, the holder of the authorisation has a period of three months in which to make its observations known, present its plans for improving its operation or make a proposal for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-12

…e shall provide the public entity referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-11 with the information required to ensure that they are able to supply the data required to carry out the nation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-12

…months of the committee meeting, the ministers responsible for higher education and health shall take a decision in the light of the opinion issued by an elected national committee, the composition o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-12

…y represented on the medico-soignante committee.The medico-soignante committee is dissolved, after informing the supervisory board, by decision of the director of the institution if he observes failur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-12

…may exercise their rights over all effects brought into public health establishments by the said sick or able-bodied persons; in the event of escheatment, the same effects belong to the public health…

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