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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-4

The Management Board approves the medical project and the nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical project and, on this basis, prepares the establishment's project. It advises the Director on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-6

Unless otherwise provided, the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Terms of office for members of the urban community council

Article L5216-4-2

In the councils of agglomeration communities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the operation of groups of community councillors may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-4

The report referred to in I of article L. 3512-7 is sent to the Minister for Health no later than 1st April of the year following the calendar year in which the declared expenditure was incurred.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2a: Local protocols

Article D4011-4-1

I.-The director of the establishment or regional hospital group declares the implementation of a local cooperation protocol mentioned in I of article L. 4011-4 to the director general of the regional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of sanction decisions

Article R561-42-1

For the purposes of III of Article L. 561-36-3, the decision of the sanctioning authority is published : 1° On the website of the Conseil national des barreaux for lawyers; 2° On the website of the Co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of doping prevention medical centres

Article D232-4-1

Approval is granted once the conditions defined in article D. 232-5 have been met. It specifies the territorial jurisdiction in which the doping prevention medical units operate. In each territorial j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-4

Any substantial change in the information provided for in Article R. 123-166-2 must be declared within two months to the prefect who issued the authorisation. When the domiciliation company creates on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-4

The decision to release an offender on parole may be made before the date on which the sentence served is at least equal to twice the sentence remaining to be served, provided that it specifies that t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-4

At the end of the training, the Ecole nationale de la magistrature will issue the labour court judge with an individual training certificate, subject to attendance.This certificate is given by the Con…

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