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Showing 53215330 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4311-41-5

…professional body, with a view to issuing the card within one month of receipt of the application; 2° Or, where the nurse wishes to provide services and his or her evidence of formal qualifications d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-5-1

…qualifications issued by one of these States, not meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 4151-5 but enabling them to legally practise the profession of midwife in that State, to practise the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-1

…itioner to be placed on assignment is presented in application of the provisions of article L. 6131-5 by the director of the establishment or, in the event of failure to act, by the director general o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-19

…nomic Committee issues an opinion on this offer within a timeframe set in application of article L. 2323-3. When the procedure is adapted in application of article L. 1233-24-2 to favour a project for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-5

…s sub-section are set according to the procedures mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 1321-19. They are paid for by the operator.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-32-5

Where the mandate stipulates that the authorised body shall have a permanent cash fund, the principal's authorising officer shall determine the amount of this fund, subject to the ceiling stipulated i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-52

After the report on each case by the investigating magistrate, the parties may present oral observations in support of their written submissions, either in person or through their representative.The p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-55

A member of the panel who assumes that he or she is the cause of the challenge or who conscientiously considers that he or she should abstain shall be replaced by another member designated by the chai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-50

…use electronic means may be summoned to the hearing by the same means.The provisions of article R. 2333-120-42 are applicable.The notice of hearing informs the parties of the closing date of the inve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-53

The decision is deliberated in the absence of the parties.

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