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Showing 32113220 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-513

Non-renewal of a contract at the end of a recruitment period is notified with two months' notice. Resignations are subject to the same notice period.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50

The authorisation referred to in I of Article L. 532-1 may be refused by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the organisation and operation, as well as the internal control system,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-53

The procedures for the reporting mechanism provided for in article L. 224-47 and the methods by which operators are informed of the numbers concerning them pursuant to article L. 224-52 are set by dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-53

The manufacturer and importer of medicinal products mentioned in 1° of article L. 4211-1, or of generators, kits or precursors mentioned in 3° of the said article, shall implement a pharmaceutical qua…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-53

The committee of experts comprises :1° The director in charge of cinema at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representative;2° The director in charge of audiovisual at the Cent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National master plan for blood transfusion organisation and regional blood transfusion organisation plans

Article R1222-52

…he Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, subject to the provisions of articles R. 1222-47, R. 1222-50 and R. 1222-51.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Information for beneficiaries

Article R2191-59

The beneficiaries of pledges or assignments of receivables may not intervene in any way in the performance of the contract.They may only require from the purchaser or the assigning accounting officer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article D6152-546

Associate midwives benefit, under the same conditions as staff governed by decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of hospital civil service midwives: 1° from flat-rate allowance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-538

Practitioners who do not meet the conditions indicated in article R. 6152-503, but who have completed their medical, odontological or pharmaceutical studies and who, in addition, meet the diploma, qua…

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