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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-23

…e Regional Health Agencies, the national programmes for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system referred to in Article R. 1434-21, drawn up by the National Committee for Risk Managemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations

Article A123-23

By virtue of the derogation provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-67, the associations mentioned in article L. 213-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code and which are registered in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Consultation with elected representatives

Article L1434-15

To ensure that the actions of local authorities and regional health agencies are properly coordinated, elected representatives in each département are consulted at least once a year by the director ge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-15

The establishment's funds may be deposited in a banking institution, with the authorisation of the Minister responsible for the budget.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Agreements with companies

Article R5141-147-1

The provisions of articles R. 5141-143 to R. 5141-146 apply to military veterinarians and military veterinary students covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the French Defence Code. The pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 154

…r, mother or grandfathers or grandfathers whose consent has not yet been obtained. The act of notification shall state the forenames, surnames, occupations, domiciles and residences of the future spou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 156

Any investigating or trial court, where a technical question arises, may, either at the request of the public prosecutor or of its own motion, or at the request of the parties, order an expert report.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-23

In Article R. 713-15, the words: "of the Minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words: "of the Prefect of the territorial collectivity of Saint-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-23

A medical regulation assistant who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who is established and legally pra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

…f, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, there is no sworn broker specialising in a given category of goods, or if this broker refuses, the court may appoint a broker in the speciality in qu…

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