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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-13

The Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the agency and deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency, at national and local level, and its internal reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs below, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable fifteen days after their transmission to the Minister for Health, unless the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-12

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members with voting rights are present. If this quorum is not reached, the Board is reconvened within fifteen days with the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-10

The duties of members of the Board of Directors are performed free of charge. Travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed in accordance with the regulations applicable to civil servants.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-10

…up its own rules of procedure, adopted by a two-thirds majority, which shall set out in particular:1° The rules governing the operation of the General Meeting and the Executive Committee;2° the condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-11

The Union General Meeting is convened by its Chairman at least twice a year. The meeting is convened by right if an absolute majority of the members making up the meeting so request. The meeting may o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-12

Decisions of the General Meeting and of the Executive Committee shall be taken by a majority of the members present, except in cases where a qualified majority is required under the provisions of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-13

…ecutive Committee. The President of the Assembly represents the regional union in legal proceedings and in all acts of civil life.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

I. - The purpose of food vigilance, known as nutrivigilance, is to monitor, assess and prevent the risk of undesirable effects linked to the consumption of the foodstuffs and foods mentioned in II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-2-2

…en it appears to the statutory auditor that the urgency requires the adoption of immediate measures and the manager refuses to do so or indicates that he is considering measures that the statutory aud…

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