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Showing 19611970 of 38068 articles for Art. L 225-211 · CNC opinion 98

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-2-2

I.-The conference and the commission mentioned respectively in articles L. 6161-2 and L. 6161-2-1 are responsible for ensuring the professional independence of practitioners and participating in the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-4

I.- In order to facilitate the cooperation they organise within the framework of the agreement referred to in article L. 6111-3-2 with primary care providers in the areas they serve, local hospitals m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-5

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee made up, in particular, of professionals, grant individual authorisation to practise one of the professions mentioned in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-7

The task of the conciliator is to encourage the debtor and its main creditors and, where applicable, its usual co-contractors to reach an amicable agreement aimed at putting an end to the company's di…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

The following are deemed to be misleading, within the meaning of articles L. 121-2 and L. 121-3, commercial practices aimed at : 1° For a professional to claim to be a signatory to a code of conduct w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

Article L1435-10

The national guidelines for the fund are determined by the national steering committee for the regional health agencies.The regional distribution of appropriations is set each year by order of the min…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41

I. - When the preventive resolution plans are drawn up and each time they are updated, the resolution board shall assess the extent to which the persons concerned can either be wound up in accordance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, chapters I and V of title I of book I of this part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

I. - Title I of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8-2

In areas of shared competence, the State, a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may, by agreement, delegate the appraisal and granti…

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