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Showing 42214230 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6342-2

Without prejudice to the direct recourse available to it, if a natural or legal person is injured by an act mentioned in articles LO 6341-2 and LO 6341-3, it may, within two months of the date on whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article L6431-13

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the chairman and secretary.The minutes shall contain the date and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-13

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the Chairman and the secretary.The minutes shall contain the date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-14

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the Chairman and the secretary.The minutes shall contain the date…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19

Healthcare establishments store labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use in units known as blood depots. A blood depot is a unit that stores and dispenses, under the authority of a do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-3

The revenues of the Lyon metropolitan authority, the metropolitan authority's public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between the metropolitan authority and any other pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R4341-4

The products of the regions, regional and interregional public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between regions or between regions and any other public authority or publi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article D5221-2-1

Pursuant toarticle L. 5221-2-1 of the Labour Code, the condition set out in 2° of article L. 5221-2 of the same code does not apply to foreign nationals who enter France in order to work in an employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-34

The councils of the order are elected for a six-year term by direct suffrage in a single-round majority binominal election, half of which is renewed every three years. Each pair is made up of candidat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-543

The following may be recruited as associate midwives: 1° Candidates for authorisation to practise the profession of midwife defined in I of article L. 4111-2, who have passed the knowledge verificatio…

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