For military health professionals and military students covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, the competent administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 1453-10, L. 1453-12 and L. 1453-14 of this Code is the Minister of Defence.
For the application of the provisions of articles R. 1453-13 to R. 1453-19, R. 4113-109 and R. 4113-110 to these professionals and students, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers devolved to the Association Council or the Regional Health Agency.
The Minister of Defence is also informed of the agreements concluded pursuant to the first paragraph of article R. 1453-14. He may decide to make them applicable to the professionals and students mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.
For these professionals and students, the authorisation to combine activities mentioned in article R. 1435-14 is issued in application of articles R. 4122-14 to R. 4122-33 of the Defence Code.