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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Blood transfusion activities

Article R1222-36

All blood establishments have the means to ensure the quality control of their products. However, the blood establishment may entrust quality control, under an agreement, either to another blood estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-18

Implementation of the protocol may begin on expiry of the two-month period following issue of the acknowledgement of receipt, unless the Minister responsible for research decides to prohibit implement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-9

The Managing Director, the Budget Controller, the Accounting Officer and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity. The Chief Exec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-11

The opinions, proposals, reports, studies and works adopted by the plenary assembly and, where applicable, by the standing committee, are sent by its chairman to the ministers responsible for health,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-7

Candidate lists for the election of representatives of municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation comprise twice as many names as there are seats to be filled. No one may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-5

Personalised support vouchers are presented by beneficiaries to service providers, who may only accept them in payment under the conditions laid down for their use by distributors, in particular with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-12

Agreements between the State and the region may provide for the transmission of the information provided for in article R. 1614-11 by computer files complying with the specifications of national infor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-70

Applications for the enforcement of decisions handed down by the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant may be submitted via the internet-accessible portal mentioned in article R. 2333-120-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-1

Where the number of enforcement judges and the size of the caseload justifies it, a joint enforcement secretariat may be set up, the staff of which includes, in addition to administrative staff, a reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-11

The Managing Director of the Agency, the Accounting Officer, the Budget Controller, the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, the Chairman of the Ethics Committee and the Chairman of the Steering…

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