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Showing 471480 of 35069 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 23-6-2021 n° 19-21.784 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Poison control centre.

Article D6431-64

In all cases, the Poison Control Centre telephone service is manned 24 hours a day by a doctor or pharmacist trained in clinical toxicology.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-6

Board meetings are not open to the public. The Board may only validly deliberate when the majority of the members in office attend the meeting. However, if the required majority is not reached after t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-65

The revenue of the Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne includes in particular : 1° Subsidies allocated by the State, local authorities and public establishments and any other public or private pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-60

The grant must be repaid if it is used for purposes other than those for which it was granted, if the business is not operated or if the person concerned abandons the profession without justification.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6261-6

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental fac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6361-6

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental fac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6153-6-2

The provisions of articles D. 6153-1-23, and D. 6153-1-25 to D. 6153-1-27 are applicable to interns practising medicine, pharmacy or odontology in a health establishment on a substitute basis.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-6

I.-The data referred to in Article L. 7342-7 is personal data within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protecti…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-6

For the application of the provisions of article L. 5212-24, the tax administration department competent to receive the concordant deliberations of the legal assignees of the communal share of the exc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-6

If a member ceases to hold office before the normal expiry of his term of office, he shall be replaced within one month in the same manner. In this case, the duties of the new member shall end on the…

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