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Showing 96519660 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-37

The Minister for Health will decide on the application for authorisation after receiving the opinion of the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12. His decision is published in the Journal offici…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-67

The Nosocomial Infection Control Committee : 1° Coordinates the action of the Agency's professionals in the fields mentioned in Article D. 6431-66; 2° Each year, together with the hospital hygiene ope…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules applicable to tax representatives

Article 302 decies

…accredited to the tax authorities a representative established in France pursuant to I of Article 289 A, with the exception of representatives responsible for carrying out in the name and on behalf o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-13

…s well as the legal entities administering an occupational pension institution mentioned in article 8 of order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational pensions;g) Persons…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-14

…tion;6° Overall operating grant/population ;7° Personnel expenditure / actual operating expenditure;8° Actual operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt / actual operating revenue;9° G…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-14

…ulation;6° Overall operating grant/population.7° Personnel expenditure / real operating expenditure;8° Real operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt / real operating revenue;9° Gross…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article D1333-103

The following sites and facilities implement radioactivity detection means and management procedures:1° Hazardous and non-hazardous waste storage facilities mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D2224-34

…pliers of electricity at the regulated tariffs mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 121-5 du code de l'énergie titulaires d'un contrat de concession communiquer à l'autorité concédante, au p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-65-1

…ement judge responsible for the convicted offender to be filed in the "victim" section of the individual file provided for in article D. 49-29. The person may specify in their request that they wish t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-6

…Miquelon, appointed by the Prefect on the recommendation of the Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Trades; d) A representative of agricultural businesses and farms appointed by the Prefect…

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