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Showing 64616470 of 49021 articles for Art. CA Paris 6-2-2023 n° 21/10189

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-4

…the report provided for in 1° of article R. 6145-44 and the other documents required for the certification of the accounts are made available to the certifier under the conditions set by a joint order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-1

Pursuant to article L. 6145-16, the accounts of public health institutions may be certified by one or more statutory auditors or, for institutions whose total income from the main profit and loss acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-6

…t be given for any refusal. At the end of the course, the training organisation will issue a certificate of attendance, which the person concerned will give to his or her head of department when he or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-6

…ions of article R. 6153-20 relating to interruptions in service during the training period are applicable to junior doctors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Hospital duties for odontology students.

Article R6153-64-1

The time spent in practical training by hospital odontology students is set at an average of five half-days per week over a twelve-month period. They take part in courses, tests and examinations durin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.

Article R713-27-2

…s members.It collects the minutes of the elections to the regional chamber, records the election of candidates to the regional chamber of commerce and industry and draws up the minutes, a copy of whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-2

Within fifteen clear days of the registration of an application for authorisation to operate a business at the secretariat of the departmental commission for a project mentioned in the first or second…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-2

…ce of its member municipalities, the amounts from which they benefit under the global operating allocation provided for in Articles L. 2334-1 et seq, on the basis of concordant deliberations by the de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R*721-6-1

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 721-6, the application for approval or amendment of the specification is deemed to have been rejected.

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