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Showing 19611970 of 70072 articles for Art. D 141-3 à D 141-5 · Loi 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 · Décret 2016-2 du 4 janvier 2016

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-5

The chapters 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
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-5

The chapters 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
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D2342-5

Expenditure may only be paid from the appropriations allocated to each of them; these appropriations may not be used by the mayor for other expenditure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-5

Applications for approval and renewal are sent to the departmental directorate for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control in whose area of jurisdiction the association has its registered offi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article D612-53

Any person referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-43 must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the name(s) of the statutory auditor(s) it proposes to appoint or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-57

A plasma paste is any intermediate product resulting from the fractionation of plasma, whatever its level of processing, which cannot be used as it is for administration to humans, and which is intend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 4: "paediatric haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-34

I. - In addition to the equipment mentioned in II of article D. 6124-27-1, the haematology intensive care unit includes at least the equipment required for radiology and ultrasound examinations to be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1711-5

The functions of rapporteur of the local committee are carried out by the secretary general of the prefecture or his deputy.The secretariat of the local committee is provided by the services of the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-5

Without prejudice to the tasks devolved to the public policy coordination commissions mentioned in article L. 1432-1, the regional health agency and the departmental councils shall ensure that their p…

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

Article D6431-5

The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors ends at the same time as the term of office or the functions in respect of which they were appointed. The term of office of the members of t…

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