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Article R4031-11 of the French Public Health Code

The Union General Meeting is convened by its Chairman at least twice a year. The meeting is convened by right if an absolute majority of the members making up the meeting so request. The meeting may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present or represented. If the quorum is not reached, the General Meeting may validly deliberate, after a new convocation, regardless of the number…

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Article R4031-12 of the French Public Health Code

Decisions of the General Meeting and of the Executive Committee shall be taken by a majority of the members present, except in cases where a qualified majority is required under the provisions of this chapter or of the internal rules. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote. The deliberations of the General Meeting are recorded in minutes, approved by the General Meeting at its next…

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Article R4031-14 of the French Public Health Code

The members of the regional unions are elected by the health professionals practising on a self-employed basis under the conventional system, in the region where they mainly practise. Within the assembly of the regional union representing doctors, the number of seats to be filled is divided between colleges taking into account the national number of voters in each college. An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security…

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Article R4031-15 of the French Public Health Code

When a seat becomes vacant, it is replaced, for the remainder of the term of office, by the next-ranking candidate on the list to which the former member belonged. When this list is exhausted, no replacement is made. However, if at least half of the seats on the Board become vacant without it being possible to provide replacements, all of these seats shall be renewed by election, in accordance with…

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Article D4031-16 of the French Public Health Code

The members of the regional unions are appointed by the profession’s trade unions, recognised as representative at national level in application ofarticle L. 162-33 of the Social Security Code. They are appointed by order of the Directors General of the regional health agencies concerned. The members of the Indian Ocean regional unions designated are appointed by the Director General of the La Réunion regional health agency, with the exception of…

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Article D4031-17 of the French Public Health Code

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security sets the allocation of seats in each union between the trade union organisations. This distribution is established by proportional representation with the highest average, according to : 1° The number of contributors established by the most recent representativeness survey mentioned in Article L. 162-33 for the professions for which it is available; 2° The number of subscribers of each…

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Article R4031-19 of the French Public Health Code

For the assessment of the condition of territorial presence provided for in article L. 4031-2, account is taken of the number of members up to date with their subscriptions according to the methods adopted for the application of 3° of article R. 162-54-1 of the Social Security Code. Trade union organisations wishing to present lists of candidates for the forthcoming elections must send documents proving their territorial presence and their…

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Article R4031-20 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of the annulment of the election of all the members of the assembly of a union or of all the members of a college, new elections for the union or college concerned must be organised within four months of the date on which the decision pronouncing the annulment became final. In the case referred to in the third paragraph of article R. 4031-15, new elections for the…

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