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Showing 52615270 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation.

Article R1411-56

…re issued on behalf of the Haut Conseil de la santé publique. The chair of a specialised commission may ask the College to approve a proposed opinion that it has drawn up. The reports and opinions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Private health establishments, private medico-social establishments, cosmetic surgery facilities and health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under private law

Article R5126-51

…on, pharmacists belonging to one of the categories of practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 may manage an internal-use pharmacy in private health establishments providing long-term care a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of hospital foundations

Article R6141-57

…gs and sets the agenda. He represents the Foundation in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He may delegate powers to the Director under the conditions defined by the internal regulations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-5

…the public health institution's budget. His transactions are subject to administrative accounting. During the financial year, the authorising officer may transfer appropriations between all titles or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 14: Maintenance and repair of medical equipment

Article R224-52

The obligation set out in article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-1

Unless there is a risk to patients' health, proprietary medicinal products which fulfil the conditions for being a reference proprietary medicinal product in an existing generic group may, by decision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-59

…t, the members of the Management Board or the sole Managing Director shall be natural persons. They may be chosen from outside the shareholders.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acts performed by the tutor with authorisation

Article 507-2

…cepted by another heir and as long as the State has not been sent into possession, the renunciation may be revoked either by the tutor authorised for this purpose by a new deliberation of the family c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-2

On pain of nullity, there may be no civil solidarity pact: 1° Between ascendants and descendants in the direct line, between relatives in the direct line and between collaterals up to and including th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quindecies

…of the Environment Code, and the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxation may provide each other, spontaneously or on request, with any information, data and documents that a…

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