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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting and reviewing the theoretical number of vehicles authorised per department.

Article R6312-29

…ree by the Minister for Health classifies the municipalities according to the number of inhabitants and sets, for each of these categories, a national index of the population's health transport needs…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-8-1

…ive Officer of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.They are responsible for auditing the departments and services of the public institution entrusted to them by the Chief Executive Officer, to whom the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operations on behalf of the State

Article R515-12

The agency manages operations financed from the State budget on behalf of and at the risk of the State. The terms of these operations are the subject of specific agreements signed on behalf of the Sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…the summons to appear in court served on the accused, on the instructions of the public prosecutor and within the time limits laid down by article 552, either by a court clerk, an officer or agent of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 392-1

…f the deposit that the latter must, if it has not obtained legal aid, deposit at the court registry and the time limit within which it must be made on pain of non-admissibility of the direct summons.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-14

…th Agency in order to issue opinions within the framework of the procedures laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title. An order by the Minister for Health sets out the procedures for the approval a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-11

I.-The holder of an authorisation declares to the Prefect any project to modify the installations and operating conditions mentioned in the prefectoral authorisation order and sends him all the inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-12

…om the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or at the request of the authorisation holder and in accordance with the procedure laid down in I of article R. 1321-7, issue an order amending th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13

…L. 1321-2 for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption may cover separate plots of land.Within the immediate protection perimeter, the boundaries of which are established in order to p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-10

…ector General of the Regional Health Agency will, at the expense of the holder of the authorisation and within two months of being notified, have analyses carried out to check the quality of the water…

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