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Showing 22512260 of 24963 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 18-DCC-65 du 27 Apr 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 18: Application to army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre

Article R5121-217

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre shall be regarded as health establishments and a blood transfusion establishment respectivel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R652-1

…ns prévues à l'article R. 652-2, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau:ARTICLES…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…of Algerian nationals and their families, supplemented by an annexed protocol, signed in Algiers on 27 December 1968, amended by its first amendment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994, by its seco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-3

…daries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation administrative de Paris, Marseille, Lyon et…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article R354-4

…ns prévues à l'article R. 354-5, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICL…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-41

The notice of transfer provided for in article 20 de la loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis is given to the managing agent by the liquidator.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3361-2

…ents, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Perinatal psychiatry

Article R6123-198

To be authorised for "perinatal psychiatry", the holder must be authorised for "adult psychiatry" and "child and adolescent psychiatry". By way of derogation, the holder of a "child and adolescent psy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Adult psychiatry

Article R6123-190

The holder of the "adult psychiatry" authorisation may organise the care of adolescents and young adults in the same unit to enable a transition to adult psychiatry. This unit is formally organised. T…

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