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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions governing the performance of the duties of head of division

Article R6146-7

…ance is paid to the division heads. It is modulated according to the achievement of the objectives set out in the cluster contract. The amount and terms of payment of this allowance are set by order o…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-7

If the Minister for Health fails to respond within four months of receiving the complete application, the authorisation application will be rejected.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Rights management

Article R321-7

Any aid allocated by a collective management organisation pursuant to article L. 324-17 is the subject of an agreement between the organisation and the beneficiary. This agreement sets out the conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-74

…Commissaires aux Comptes or, where controls are implemented by the High Council pursuant to Article L. 821-9, the Director General of the High Council shall keep copies of the documents for a period o…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Hospital duties for pharmacy students.

Article R6153-79

…te health establishments linked to the university hospital centres by agreement pursuant to article L. 6142-5.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-73

…d only after the reserves and provisions prescribed by the laws and regulations in force have been set aside, after the establishment expenses have been fully amortised and after the regulatory provis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-74

The medical commission provided for in article L. 6431-13 participates, through its opinions, in defining the medicinal products and medical devices policy within the health agency, in particular in d…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-7

The Director General of the Institute shall rule on the application for invalidity or revocation in the light of all the written and oral observations submitted, if any, by the parties.At any time dur…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-7

…organising authority. They are sent to the town hall at the latest on the Tuesday preceding the poll.The ballot papers and the electoral envelopes are placed at the disposal of the electors in each p…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-7

The provisions of articles R. 1211-2 to R. 1211-6 apply to the person accompanying a donor whose condition requires the assistance of a third party, to the holders of parental authority or the legal r…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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