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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-7

If the Minister for Health fails to respond within four months of receiving the complete application, the authorisation application will be rejected.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for recognition of a field of specialisation

Article R6213-4

If the Minister for Health fails to respond within four months of receiving the complete application, the application for recognition will be rejected.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-108

The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, must send or make available to shareholders the documents necessary to enable them to make informed judgements on the management and…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-18

When the application is deemed to be in order and complete, it is submitted to a public enquiry. This is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in Chapter IV of Title III of Book I of t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for referral to the Agency by academies, medical or scientific learned societies and approved associations

Article D1418-39

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine will forward the response sent to the authors of the referral to the Minister for Health and to the other Ministers concerned as soon as possible.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-9

The administrative authority decides on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of an agreement or action plan with the provisions of article L. 2242-8 . If the administrative authori…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Alert procedure

Article L234-2

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the statutory auditor shall ask the manager, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, for explanations of the facts referred to in the first par…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article R5212-2-4

The application is deemed complete if, within fifteen days of receipt, the association mentioned inarticle L. 5214-1 of the Labour Code has not notified the employer of the list of missing documents o…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-7

Two identical types of ballot papers, printed in black on white paper, one bearing the answer "YES" and the other the answer "NO", shall be supplied by the authority having decided on the referendum,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-6

Two identical types of ballot papers, printed in black on white paper, one bearing the answer "YES" and the other the answer "NO", are provided by the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, in a number equ…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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