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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4321-37

…territorial jurisdiction of the regional councils; b) An additional two members for the Ile-de-France region; c) An additional two members for the overseas collectivities and regions; 2° For the sala…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-35

Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 of the Public Health Code and article L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only masseur-physiotherapists who have been registered with the Order for a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-36

Votes may be cast by post or electronically. Electronic voting excludes all other voting methods. The electoral regulations set out the conditions under which masseur-physiotherapists who are not equi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-34

…hree years. Each pair is made up of candidates of different sexes.Subject to the adaptations made necessary, in particular, by the division of the electorate into two colleges, the first representing…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

However, when French nationality can only have its source in filiation, it is held to be established, unless proven otherwise if the person concerned and whichever of his father and mother has been li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…social and economic committee on :1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the profes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-35

…pany's request, a copy of each of these orders and of the declarations sent to the Minister of Justice, pursuant to Article R. 743-130 is sent to the clerk of the commercial court of the place of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-36

…a risk of reoffending that appears to be proven. However, in the case of a person convicted of offences committed before 14 December 2005, he or she may request a second opinion before the sentence en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional health plan zones

Article R1434-32

…ect of the region and the specialised commission on healthcare organisation of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy. The inter-regional zones, within which the location of the care activitie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-36

The sentence enforcement judge is competent to ensure, by himself or by any designated qualified person, the monitoring of probation measures and alternative sentences whose recognition is final. The…

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