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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-15

…of the initial applications provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned European Regulation of 16 April 2014 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for health using the information system prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings.

Article LO6221-12

…LO 6213-3, LO 6213-4, LO 6213-5, LO 6214-2, LO 6251-2, LO 6251-3, LO 6251-12, LO 6251-13 or LO 6251-16. Without prejudice to the powers that the president of the territorial council holds from article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings.

Article LO6321-12

…LO 6313-3, LO 6313-4, LO 6313-5, LO 6314-2, LO 6351-2, LO 6351-3, LO 6351-12, LO 6351-13 or LO 6351-16. Without prejudice to the powers that the president of the territorial council holds under articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-19

Any differences in the representation of men and women mentioned in article D. 1142-16, as well as the way in which they are published, are sent to the services of the Minister for Employment using a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-35

…on, are public servants and employees made available pursuant to Article 13 of Decree no. 85-986 of 16 September 1985 relating to the special status of certain positions of State employees and to cert…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-46

…esults of each income statement. When the accounts are certified in accordance with article L. 6145-16, the Supervisory Board is given prior notice of the certifier's report. Decisions relating to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

…les L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the natural persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if they do not employ any employees…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-3

…dossiers that have, in the Union portal mentioned in Article 80 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014, the same EU trial number as a previous dossier that has lapsed, been withdrawn or tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-22

…ting to the term of office of the members of the Disciplinary Board, as set out in articles D. 4443-16 and D. 4443-17;5° The conditions and formalities required to be a voter, eligible and candidate i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…preservation and communication of public archives and subject to the provisions of article R. 1111-16-1. The hosting service contract referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1111-8 contains…

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