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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of committees

Article R2522-19

The parties to the dispute shall be summoned, at the request of the Chairman of the Commission, either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by notification delivered against a rece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-36

When an employee who holds rights to the special profit-sharing reserve leaves the company without exercising his rights to unlocking or before the company has been able to liquidate all the rights he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-10

The eight-year period referred to in Article L. 1415-7 corresponds to the maximum period of funding for a research project under a grant awarding act, when the clinical or fundamental research project…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-31

The Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy organises its work in the following configurations:-the standing committee provided for in articles D. 1432-33 and D. 1432-34 ; -four specialised commiss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements and legal representation of agencies

Article R1432-63

The Chief Executive of the Regional Health Agency shall set up an internal control system covering all the Agency's activities and procedures and designed to detect and prevent financial and accountin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Economic and financial control of the "Health Data Platform".

Article R1462-4

In order to carry out its duties, the supervisory authority shall have access to all documents relating to the activity and management of the grouping. The ministers responsible for the economy and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-7

Any decision by the Director General to authorise or refuse research and the opinion of the Steering Committee are forwarded simultaneously to the Ministers for Health and Research, who have a period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34-1

The person managing an establishment or service shall specify in writing the powers and duties delegated to the professional whom it has entrusted with the management of the establishment or service.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Compensation for damage caused by compulsory vaccination

Article R3111-31

The Office will issue a reasoned decision: 1° On the compulsory nature of the vaccination ; 2° Where applicable, on the existence of a causal link between the damage suffered by the victim and the vac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The procedure provided for in I and II of Article L. 752-17

Article R752-32

On pain of inadmissibility of his appeal, within five days of its presentation to the national commission, the appellant, if he is different from the applicant for the commercial development authorisa…

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