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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-19

…any means to the registry of the Court of Appeal. The statement shall be recorded, stating the date and time. The Registrar of the Court of Appeal shall immediately notify the Registrar of the Court o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-18

The order may be appealed to the First President of the Court of Appeal or his delegate within ten days of its notification. The public prosecutor may, in all cases, lodge an appeal within the same ti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-17

…es L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the conditions set out in articles R. 4433-18 to R. 4433-22, from the spe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-18

The allocations granted to the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion for the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in Articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-19

The grant allocated to the regions of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion comprises a first part equal to 80% of the amount of the grant intended to compensate for expenditure on studies…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-12

The term of office of a member of the regional economic, social and environmental council or the council for culture, education and the environment who loses the capacity by virtue of which he or she…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-10

…f the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-3 and articles R. 4432-5 to R. 4432-7, the list of bodies of all kinds represented on the regional eco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-11

Members of the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, education and the environment are appointed for six years. In the event of a vacancy, for any reason wha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-13

By way of exception to 2° of article R. 4124-2, in overseas departments the representativeness of trade unions may be determined at departmental level.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-36

Applications for authorisation may only be examined if they are accompanied by a complete file. The application is deemed to be complete if, within one month of receipt, the Minister for Health has no…

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