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

Article D6431-13

Board meetings are not open to the public. The Chairman is responsible for policing the meeting and may suspend or adjourn the meeting. In this case, the Board of Directors must be reconvened within f…

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

Article D6431-14

…ened, the deliberations taken after the second convening, which must take place at least three days and at most eight days apart, are valid regardless of the number of members present. Voting shall be…

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

Article D6431-15

…or minutes of the proceedings may only be used subject to compliance with the provisions ofarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code. In addition, the directors and persons sitting in an advisory ca…

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

Article D6431-11

…ance of their duties as directors under the conditions defined by the regulations setting the terms and conditions for the payment of expenses incurred by the travel of civil servants of the State in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article D6316-1-1

The indicators for assessing the criteria mentioned in article R. 6316-1 and the audit procedures implemented by the certifier bodies to issue the certification mentioned in article L. 6316-1 are defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-1

I.- For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Preventive treatment": any individual or collective prophylactic treatment applied to healthy animals exposed to a risk…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-13

…he parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within fifteen days of the referral and at least eight days before the date of the mediation session.A copy of the referral document sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-14

The Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the National Council, after hearing the parties concerned and gathering all relevant information, shall propose a solution to the dispute if the parties have been unab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-12

…specify, on pain of inadmissibility, the identity of the parties, the subject matter of the dispute and the applicant's claims.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-1-1

For the application of 4° of Article L. 6133-1 to army hospitals, the activities mentioned in the list provided for in Article L. 6147-7 are considered to be authorisations held by these hospitals.Aut…

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