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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-31

The committee is informed regularly, and at least once a year, of the outcome of its work. The committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure defining how it operates.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-32

The chairman of the polling station shall draw up and sign a report of the vote count.As soon as this report has been drawn up, the result of the vote is announced by the president of the polling stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-33

…ount, together with its annexes, as well as the election documents mentioned in articles D. 4443-27 and D. 4443-28, are kept in a sealed envelope by the State representative for a period of six months…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-30

The counting of votes takes place at the High Commission of the Republic on the day of the election as provided for in article D. 4233-21.The president may, if necessary, appoint scrutineers to assist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-31

The envelopes are counted before the count, as and when they are received, on the voters' list.At the start of the count, the polling station checks that the number of envelopes to be opened correspon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Poison control centres.

Article D6141-37

…res are responsible for responding, particularly in emergencies, to any request for risk assessment and any request for an opinion or advice concerning the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of human…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Poison control centres.

Article D6141-39

The tasks defined in articles D. 6141-37 and D. 6141-38 are carried out around the clock.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Poison control centres.

Article D6141-38

…pate in the emergency medical aid system provided for in article L. 6311-1; they may be called upon and intervene, at the request of the competent authorities, in emergency situations presenting a dan…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Development of the innovation partnership

Article R2172-32

The purchaser may only acquire the products, services or work resulting from the research and development phases if they correspond to the performance levels and do not exceed the maximum costs provid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Development of the innovation partnership

Article R2172-31

…after specifying or modifying, with the agreement of the partner, the objectives of the next phase and the means to be used to achieve them. The initial conditions of the innovation partnership may n…

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