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Showing 451460 of 51351 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-3-2014 n° 13-11.651 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-5

Data transmitted in application of articles D. 4354-3 and D. 4354-4 are deemed to have been validated by the body or authority that transmitted them.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-13

The magistrate responsible for the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities ensures that judicial police operations are carried out and that reports are forwarded to the judicial authoriti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article D6152-546

Associate midwives benefit, under the same conditions as staff governed by decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of hospital civil service midwives: 1° from flat-rate allowance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-5

…relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat sur les entreprises publiques nationales et c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-56

The Minister for Health and the Director General of the National Public Health Agency must be informed without delay of any change in the conditions under which the national reference centre carries o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-55

Each year, the head of the national reference centre or "national reference centre-expert laboratory" submits an activity report, including a balance sheet and a financial statement, to the Minister f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-53

A committee of national reference centres shall be placed under the authority of the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique. This committee is responsible for: 1° Proposing to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-54

The Committee of National Centres of Reference is made up of a maximum of twenty members. It comprises: 1° Representatives of the Ministry of Health; 2° Representatives of the National Public Health A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-57

All the tasks provided for in article D. 1413-46 are funded by an annual grant paid by the Agence nationale de santé publique, within the limits of the appropriations entered in its budget. The paymen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-13

The administrative authority responsible for implementing the data processing service may not keep the information and documents contained in the file beyond a period of two months, starting from the…

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