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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4

The departmental or interdepartmental councils of the order of nurses hold meetings with the departmental or interdepartmental councils of the other professional orders to examine issues common to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Healthcare assistants

Article L4391-4

…Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a care assistant in a Member State or a State party, may per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Nursery assistants

Article L4392-4

…Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a childcare assistant in a Member State or a State party, ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-4

…e code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the said code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Ambulance drivers

Article L4393-4

…of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence of formal qualifications of the Member S…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-43

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially authorised for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Minister responsible for agriculture by the Ministe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-46

…griculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subject of the application for a certificate, must…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-45

The application for authorisation to disclose and freely exploit a variety belonging to one of the species referred to in the above article before the end of the period provided for in article L. 623-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Risks covered.

Article A432-4

…r risks covered by the policy, the corresponding indemnity shall, insofar as the claim remains outstanding, be paid to the insured six months after receipt by the organisation mentioned in article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article L6434-4

When the president of the territorial council and the vice-presidents delegated by the president use the universal service employment cheque provided for by Article L. 1522-1 of the French Labour Code…

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