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Showing 28012810 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-18

…ents. The president of the regional economic, social and environmental council, after obtaining the opinion of the bureau, notifies the presidents of the sections of the requests for opinions intended…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-37

…f sick leave, a practitioner is unfit to return to work, the medical committee is asked to give its opinion on any request to extend this leave within the limit of the remaining six months. When a pra…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2-1

…ut. The debtor or, where applicable, the administrator informs the court of the steps taken and the opinion of the administrative authority or the control and pricing authority. The administrative aut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grouping of departments

Article L3114-1

…of three-fifths of the votes cast, request to be grouped together to form a single département. The opinion of the relevant Comité de Massif is required if one of the departments concerned includes mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-9

…ends a copy of the complete dossier to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine for his opinion. The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine sends his opinion to the Director Gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Territories of health democracy

Article R1434-29

…to be taken into account. II - The Director General of the Regional Health Agency first obtains the opinions of the Prefect of the region, the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy and the local…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-2

…onals mentioned in the first paragraph of the regions of the original place of operation, for their opinion. He will inform the Director General(s) of the Regional Health Agency(ies) in these regions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-52

…agreements are drawn up and signed by the representatives of the establishments after obtaining the opinion of the representative bodies mentioned in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6144-3, after obtaining…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Processing applications

Article L434-10

…ere he/she plans to settle.The mayor, when approached by the administrative authority, may issue an opinion on the condition mentioned in 3° of article L. 434-7. This opinion is deemed to have been gi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

…s a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent difficulties or refusals encoun…

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