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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-3-1

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte or La Réunion may join, as members or associate members, a regional development bank or financing institution of which France is a regional member, associate member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-5-2

…may set up a non-diplomatic representation to the institutions of the European Union. They shall inform the Government thereof.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Cultural initiatives

Article L4433-31

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion shall define the actions they intend to carry out in terms of the environment and living environment, after consultation with or, where appropriate, on t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R513-9

…apted to the nature of the products distributed, the distribution methods used and the functions performed. To this end, each member shall provide the Association each year with a list of the names of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R513-8

The association shall ensure that the relevant staff of its members comply with the conditions of professional competence set out in I of article L. 511-2 and in article L. 512-5, depending on the nat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-2

…Defence shall make the declaration provided for in Article L. 6221-7 to this Minister, who shall inform the Haute Autorité de santé, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-5

Without prejudice to articles L. 1223-2 and L. 5313-1, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre is subject to the provisions of this chapter in respect of activities likely to give rise to medical bi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-1

Decisions to accredit, suspend or withdraw the accreditation of medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, as provided for in Article L. 6221-6 , shall be sent witho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-4

…t to the Minister for Defence for the laboratories under his authority. This minister immediately informs the regional health agency concerned when the alert concerns a laboratory on the list provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-3

The authorisation provided for in Article L. 6221-8 is granted, for laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence: 1° By decision of this Minister if the suspension of activities is lik…

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