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Showing 43314340 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules specific to the election of employee representatives

Article R1411-58-10

…e with the following procedures, subject to the provisions of articles R. 1411-58-11 and R. 1411-58-12: 1° In the event of a nominal or multi-member ballot: for each staff representative seat, the can…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-37

…atter to himself pursuant to II of article L 3222-5-1 or the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the patient concerned by the seclusion or restraint measure, where applicable, his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-17

…hird subsections of this section apply to them, with the exception of articles R. 822-11 and R. 822-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-15

…the sentence enforcement judge. In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of article R. 3711-12, the sentence enforcement judge, in the presence of the coordinating doctor, will summon the pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

Subject to the following paragraph and to the provisions of article R. 5315-12 with regard to the decisions covered by 8° of article R. 5315-3, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise the profession of nurse

Article R4311-105

…ikely to perform nursing acts on a temporary basis, under the conditions defined by article L. 4311-12-1.

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

Article R5124-43

The provisions of article R. 5124-42 do not prevent companies or organisations authorised under 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 6° (with the exception of intermediate products), 12° and 14° of article R. 5124-2 s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-6-1

…tablishment's blood transfusion activities comply with the good practices referred to in article L. 1222-12 and with the operating and equipment standards applicable to them. As part of these inspecti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-20

…rs the closure of the public health establishment under the conditions laid down in article R. 6141-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-15

The commission referred to in article L. 6213-12 is called the Commission nationale de biologie médicale. It is attached to the Minister for Health. The National Medical Biology Commission is consulte…

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