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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Training

Article R6152-368

Contractual practitioners are entitled to fifteen working days' training leave per year. Leave entitlements for two consecutive years may be accumulated. The entitlement to such leave and the use ther…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article R6152-633

Articles R. 6152-601, with the exception of the second paragraph, R. 6152-602, with the exception of 1° and 2°, R. 6152-603 to R. 6152-611, R. 6152-612, with the exception of 2°, and R. 6152-613 to R.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-8

Natural persons convicted of the offences punishable under Articles L. 242-5 to L. 242-7-1 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down in ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

Except in the cases provided for in Article 458, the protected person alone takes decisions relating to their person insofar as their condition allows.Where the condition of the protected person does…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474

If the court has not issued a committal order with deferred effect in application of 3° of I of article 464-2, in the event of a non-incarcerated person being sentenced to a term of imprisonment of le…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-11

The approved sports federation undertakes to disseminate and promote the principles of the Republican Commitment Contract among its members who are : 1° An association affiliated to the federation; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-8

For the application of article L. 1142-17 in Wallis and Futuna : 1° The first three paragraphs are replaced by the following provisions: Where the damage is compensable under article L. 1142-3 as it a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insured

Article L175-14

When the contract is concluded, the insured must accurately declare all the circumstances known to him which are such as to enable the insurer to assess the risk he is assuming. Any omission or misrep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Professional requirements

Article L511-2

I.- Distributors of insurance and reinsurance products and their staff whose activities consist of providing recommendations on insurance or reinsurance contracts, presenting, proposing or helping to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Notification

Article L261-2

I.-On expiry of a period of three months from notification, if the Minister responsible for culture considers that the documents and information presented do not enable him to ensure that the benefici…

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