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Showing 31813190 of 46373 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 May 2010 – no. 09-13205

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-40

…l cooperation are public. However, at the request of five members, each formation of the commission may decide, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it meets in camera.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions.

Article R4644-4

The agreement referred to in article R. 4644-2 may not include clauses authorising the registered occupational risk prevention practitioner to perform procedures falling within the remit of the occupa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-4

…person is incapable of expressing his or her wishes or when he or she is deceased, the examination may be undertaken for medical purposes in the interests of the members of his or her family who may…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…olve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-4

Only the following may be members of a société coopérative hospitalière de médecins: 1° As co-operating members : - self-employed doctors, natural persons, duly registered on the roll of the council o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Proceedings before Disciplinary Boards

Article R4443-4

I.-Articles R. 4234-7 to R. 4234-17 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-45

…e "level 2 team first aid" teaching unit provided for by the order mentioned inarticle 10 of decree no. 91-834 of 30 August 1991 as amended relating to first aid training; 3° Persons : a) Either holde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-4

…orities and for disseminating this work, in order to encourage the development of good practice. It may carry out evaluations of local public policies. Within a multi-year framework, it is responsible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-4

…centre. When the team from the aforementioned centre meets, a doctor or midwife chosen by the woman may, at her request, be involved in the consultation. The words: "the woman's request is examined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article L4112-4

The decisions of the departmental council on applications for entry on the roll may be appealed to the regional council, by the applicant doctor, dental surgeon or midwife, in the case of a refusal of…

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