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Showing 901910 of 68160 articles for Art. R. 145-2 à R. 145-8

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R1112-83

The user representatives and their alternates are appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency from among the persons proposed by the associations approved in application ofArticle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R1112-84

…to each patient with the welcome booklet, in a document which reproduces the provisions of articles R. 1112-91 to R. 1112-94 and specifies how they apply within the establishment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1212-8

The report referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1614-3 shall be drawn up by the full Commission. If the plenary session does not meet before the first Tuesday in October, the report will…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-8

…00% are not subject to the limits applicable to exposures to credit institutions defined in Article R. 513-6 and are not taken into account for the purposes of calculating these limits.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chambers

Article R1423-8

Several chambers may be set up within a section of a labour tribunal. Each chamber comprises at least four employer councillors and four employee councillors.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-8

In order to issue the special payment vouchers referred to in B of article L. 1271-1 of this code, the specialised organisations and establishments or the establishments referred to in article L. 1271…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R1431-8

The Chairman and the full and alternate representatives of employers and employees are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Labour, for a renewable term of four year…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Chairman.

Article R1222-8

…1222-5. It performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of article R. 1222-6. Each year, it proposes to the Board of Directors the general direction of the institution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-8

The court clerk shall give the bailiff or notary who filed the copies of the protest one of these copies, after having dated and signed it. This copy shall be equivalent to a receipt.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Investigation.

Article R463-8

…r observations and for their consultation by the interested parties or by the Government Commissioner.

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