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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-5

The budget of the metropolitan authority is voted either by nature or by function. If the budget is voted by type, it also includes a cross-referenced presentation by function; if it is voted by funct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-6

…le, the President of the Metropolitan Council may, by express decision, make transfers from article to article within the same chapter excluding articles whose appropriations are specialised.Within a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-2

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the president of the metropolitan council shall present a report on the situation with regard to sustainable development concerning the operation of the metro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-7

…the allocations for capital expenditure include programme authorisations and payment appropriations.Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be committed for the e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

…of the budget, liquidate and mandate investment expenditure and operating expenditure corresponding to the authorisations opened during previous financial years, within the limit of an amount of payme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-3

…ever, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropriations per beneficiary in the budget; or2° To draw up, in a statement a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Substances which may be used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products.

Article L5144-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 94 and 95 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, specific obligations shall be laid down by regulation for the import, manufacture, acquisition,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-18

…analytical phase of a medical biology examination cannot be carried out in a medical biology laboratory within a timeframe compatible with the patient's state of health, it may be carried out :1° Eit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article L421-10

…cle 44 sexies-0 A of the General Tax Code, or by an innovative company recognised by a public body, to carry out duties related to the research and development project of this company or to its econom…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-12

…a serious and incurable disease, whatever the cause, is incapable of expressing his wishes, the doctor is obliged to enquire about the expression of the patient's wishes. In the absence of the advanc…

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