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Showing 53515360 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of directors of training institutes or schools.

Article R4383-5

…ceipt of the complete application for approval, this will be deemed to constitute approval.Approval may be withdrawn after formal notice and by reasoned decision if the conditions set out in article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-54

…child, neonatal care and monitoring of children who do not require intensive care or resuscitation may be carried out in their mother's room, if the premises and organisation of the obstetrics unit a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-52

…the tasks assigned to them by the referring doctor or the practitioner in charge of the host unit, during outpatient visits and consultations, clinical, radiological and biological examinations, care…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Membership scheme

Article L424-5

…in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 531-10, multilateral trading facilities may admit as members, in addition to investment firms and cr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Involvement of the guarantee fund

Article R421-51

…ntee and checking the amount guaranteed per contract, notifies the transferee company of the amount due to it, up to the limit stipulated in the second paragraph of article R. 421-50. This amount is p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-5

The representative of the Minister for the Economy referred to in Article L. 432-4-1 may object to the decisions of the Chief Executive Officer of the body referred to in Article L. 432-2 in the follo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5

…n a municipality with a number of pharmacies in excess of the thresholds provided for in article L. 5125-4. The place where these pharmacies are grouped together is the location of one of them or any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-5

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask a hospital involved in a restructuring operation to cut jobs and revise its multiannual contract of objectives and resources. The Director Ge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Martin

Article L772-5

…or, for persons and bodies subject to locally established tax regulations, the fact of having fraudulently evaded or attempted to fraudulently evade the assessment or partial or total payment of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1233-5

…ered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. It may also be submitted against a receipt. Applications for renewal of the authorisation must be sent…

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