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Showing 13011310 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-154

…e intervention of a doctor within a timeframe compatible with the safety of care. This organisation may be common to several sites of the same health care organisation or several health care organisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-15

…formation relating to all types of accounts and safes that it centralises in order to carry out the duties assigned to it by Article L. 721-14, for the purpose of recovering all types of public debt.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Dispensing of medicinal products

Article R3112-15

…han health establishments, by way of derogation, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise a doctor from the organisation, designated by name, to ensure the supply, holding, con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-1

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may have the operations provided for in Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Article 55-1 shall app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-15

Until the plant variety certificate is issued, the applicant may request the rectification of material errors found in the documents filed. The request must be made in writing and include the text of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-15

Unless it is carried out at the time of his or her hearing as a witness by way of a record during the investigation or enquiry, the information of the guardian or curator provided for by the first par…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-15

The purchaser may, without prior advertising or competitive tendering, award a contract for supplies or services the estimated value of which is below the formalised procedure threshold and which are…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article L733-15

…articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7 or those taken by the judge pursuant to Article L. 733-13 may not be invoked against creditors whose existence has not been reported by the debtor and who hav…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-15

…local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events is equal to the product of the total amount of damage eligible for compensation multiplied by a rate that may not excee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157-2

Expertise may also be requested from technical and scientific police services or organisations of the national police and the national gendarmerie, the list of which is set by joint order of the Minis…

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