Section 4: Authorisations

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Article R6122-42

French Public Health CodeIn force

Updated 1 Nov 2023

The appeal provided for in article L. 6122-10-1 against the order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency establishing the regional health plan or against the orders establishing the inter-regional health plans provided for in articles L. 1434-3 and R. 1434-10 shall be lodged within two months of the publication provided for in article R. 6121-3 .

The hierarchical appeal provided for in article L. 6122-10-1 against the decisions of the Director of the Regional Health Agency shall be lodged by the applicant within two months of notification of the decision. Where the applicant has requested, by virtue of the last paragraph of article L. 6122-9, to be informed of the reasons for an implied decision of rejection, the time limit for the hierarchical appeal is extended until the expiry of two months following the day on which the reasons were communicated to the applicant. With regard to third parties, this time limit runs from the publication of the decision or the mention of the intervention of the tacit decision in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the prefecture of the region.

The appeal is sent to the Minister of Health by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt.

The appeal is deemed to have been rejected on expiry of a period of six months from receipt by the Minister for Health if no decision to the contrary has been taken within this period.

The beneficiary of the authorisation is notified without delay of any appeal by a third party against an authorisation decision taken by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, either electronically or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

The Minister's express decision on the appeal must be substantiated. It will be sent electronically or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the author of the hierarchical appeal and to the beneficiary of the authorisation.

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