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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-4

The constituent agreement specifies the number and distribution of seats and determines the procedures for election or appointment to the grouping's unified medical commission, in accordance with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consultancy

Article D6151-3

Applications and the nature of the tasks that may be assigned to consultants, whether inside or outside the institution, are examined by the Chairman of the Institutional Medical Board. After obtainin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-41

Bills for the supply of an electronic communications service are presented by suppliers in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order of the Minister responsible for consumer affairs, issued…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 675

Judgments are notified by service unless the law provides otherwise. In non-contentious matters, judgments are notified by the court clerk, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-15

The national blood transfusion master plan is drawn up by the Minister for Health, after consultation with the Minister for Defence, on the basis of the project prepared by the Etablissement Français…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-51

Any request for approval must be sent by the operator issuing the form to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-19

If the holder of an ex-officio licence does not meet the required conditions, the Minister for Agriculture may, after obtaining the opinion of the body referred to in Article L. 412-1, revoke it.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-114

The decision to grant aid is taken after consultation with the Committee for Exceptional Selective Aid to Foreign Sales Companies, which is made up of four members, including a chairman.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Referral to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-16

Referral to an advisory committee for the amicable settlement of disputes interrupts the time limits for appeals for contracts that are administrative contracts until notification of the decision take…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-35

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall notify the parties to the proceedings of his written observations by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. He s…

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