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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Director

Article D6143-33

Within the scope of his powers as defined in article L. 6143-7, the director of a public health institution may, under his responsibility, delegate his signature.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Director

Article D6143-35

The delegations referred to in this sub-section, and any amendments thereto, are notified to the persons concerned and published by any means that makes them available for consultation. They are commu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6145-3

The budget and accounting nomenclature is based on the general chart of accounts. It comprises three levels: 1° Titles, which constitute the summary level of presentation ; 2° The chapters, which cons…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1a: Information sent to the public prosecutor prior to referral to the guardianship judge

Article 1216-3

Departmental and communal social action services, departmental homes for people with disabilities, institutions implementing the method mentioned in article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

…defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level. It represents the profession in the department and acts as a conciliator in the event of a dispute between a patient and a professional or between…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single chapter

Article L5741-3

I. - When the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster corresponds to that of a territorial coherence scheme, the cluster may be entrusted, by the public establishments of inter-communal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article A822-34

…commissaires aux comptes which mentions the following information: a) The company name, legal form and registration number of the company; b) The address of the registered office; c) The names and bu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

…nt of the election of community councillors provided for in article L. 273-6 of the electoral code, and provided that the resulting vacancy in the deliberative body of the public establishment for int…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Civil capacity.

Article L2132-3

Professional trade unions have the right to take legal action.They may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to civil parties concerning acts that directly or indirectly harm the collec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-3

…that the borrower has a ten-day cooling-off period, that the sale is subject to obtaining the loan and that, if the loan is not obtained, the seller must reimburse any sums paid.

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