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Showing 851860 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Registration system

Article R1333-116

The Nuclear Safety Authority will give its decision within six months. If there is no response within this period, the nuclear activity will be registered.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-11

…he year; 2° Adopt the report on the implementation of the budget for the financial year just ended; 3° Authorise the settlements provided for in articles 2044 to 2058 of the French Civil Code, in exce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article D2261-11

If an organisation does not send an authorised representative to the joint committee convened in application of article L. 2261-20, a new invitation is sent to it within one month by registered letter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-116

Up to 50% of the number of elected representatives on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and at the joint request of the trade unions represented on the Committee, local representatives may b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-119

Local representatives benefit from the delegation hours provided for in articles R. 1432-109-1 in accordance with the application procedures defined in articles R. 1432-109-2 to R. 1432-110.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical file

Article R4426-11

Workers are given information and advice on the individual monitoring of their state of health, which they should be able to take advantage of once exposure has ended.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-11

The articles of association of doctors' cooperatives are drawn up either by a notarial deed or by a private document signed by all the founding members. Within one month of the formation of the cooper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional card

Article R4222-11

…rmacists holding a European professional card, pursuant toArticle 4 of the aforementionedOrder 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-11

…sentative, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;3° The academic regional rector or his representative;4° A medical biologist;5° A medical specialist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article R4362-11

The issue of corrective ocular contact lenses by a spectacle optician to a person wearing them for the first time is subject to the presentation of a medical or orthoptic prescription stating the corr…

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