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Showing 301310 of 34927 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 22-D-10 du 12 Apr 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of persons likely to to contribute to the care system

Article D4113-123

The persons mentioned in article D. 4113-122 must inform the national council of the order of the profession to which they belong or the local ordinal body authorised for this purpose, within one mont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D775-12

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 522-1-1 and D. 522-1-2n° 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-127

The medical staff provided for in article D. 6124-122 is completed by at least one practitioner experienced in haemodynamic and interventional paediatric cardiology. The surgeons must have training an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article D626-12

…ng by electronic means. This referral must be made within five months of the date on which the procedure is opened, failing which it will be time-barred. It may not be made after the end of the procee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-12

…t is deemed to have been rejected if it has not been the subject of an awarding order no later than during the financial year following that in respect of which the application was made. If, after rej…

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

Article D47-12

…e second paragraph of Article 706-56, persons authorised under the conditions set out in article 16-12 of the Civil Code without being registered on a list of forensic experts may, in order to carry o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Supervisory Board

Article D1442-12

…of I are worded as follows: 1° Three representatives of the State: a) The rector of the Guadeloupe education authority or his representative; b) The head of the regional State department responsible f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article D2121-12

…ises made available to councillors not belonging to the municipal majority, pursuant to article L. 2121-27, are set by agreement between them and the mayor. In the event of disagreement, it is up to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-12

…ly, is implemented by issuing a revenue order. The deliberation allocating the surplus result is produced in support of the budgetary decision to take back the results and the administrative account f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6361-12

The accumulated result defined in article D. 6361-11 is allocated, in the case of a surplus:1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the cl…

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