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Showing 34413450 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different election methods

Article R4311-62

For its application to the election of the councils of the order of nurses, in the second paragraph of article R. 4125-28, the word "eight" is replaced by the word "ten".

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different election methods

Article R4311-61

The minutes, signed by the members of the polling station, are immediately sent to the director general of the regional health agency, the prefect, the national council and the minister responsible fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-7

When the application for authorisation concerns all or part of the micro-organisms or toxins or products containing them, intended for veterinary use, the Director General of the Agence nationale de s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70-1

…ations for all early access authorisations, the holder of the marketing rights for the medicinal product or, where applicable, its authorised representative, sends the Haute Autorité de santé, the min…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-7

The departmental council has its headquarters at the Hôtel du département.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-7

…departments and the bodies under its supervision shall assist the Agency in the performance of its duties.The information required to carry out its duties under 1°, 2° and 6° of article L. 1413-1 is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Suspension and division of custodial sentences

Article 720-1

…person to one or more of the obligations or prohibitions provided for in articles 132-44 et 132-45 du code pénal. When the split execution of the prison sentence has been decided by the trial court p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6314-6

…subsoil of territorial waters, excluding: 1° Areas classified as nature reserves on the date of the Loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-7

…ectly identifying data only against indexing by external search engines. It shall ensure that individuals are informed about the collection and publication of data concerning them. It complies with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-62

The cantonment of the emolument by the legatee or surviving spouse (number 7 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the sum cantoned, according to the following scale…

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