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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Social protection

Article R621-55

Provident schemes may be set up for all staff of the Autorité des marchés financiers under the conditions laid down in Book IX of the Social Security Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Opposition

Article R4126-49

Where the decision of the National Disciplinary Chamber is subject to opposition, the notification sent to the practitioner concerned shall state that the opposition may be lodged within a period of f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R4126-44

The time limit for appeal is thirty days from notification of the decision.Additional time limits for distance are added to the time limit provided for in the previous paragraph, in accordance with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R4126-45

The appeal must be lodged with or sent by post to the registry of the National Disciplinary Chamber. As soon as the appeal request is received, the registry informs all the addressees of the contested…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Opposition

Article R4126-50

The decision admitting the opposition shall, where appropriate, restore the parties to their previous position.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Opposition

Article R4126-51

The judgements and orders of the disciplinary chambers of first instance are not subject to appeal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1218

The application for the issue of a protective measure for a person of full age shall include, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° The detailed medical certificate provided for in article 431 of the Civil C…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1226

At the hearing, the judge hears the applicant for protection, the adult to be protected, unless the judge applies the provisions of the second paragraph of article 432 or 494-4 of the Civil Code and,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Review proceedings

Article R4126-54

The appeal must be lodged with the Board that issued the decision whose review is sought within two months of the day on which the practitioner became aware of the grounds for review that he is invoki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Review proceedings

Article R4126-53

The review of a final decision of the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance or the National Disciplinary Chamber imposing a temporary ban on practising, with or without a suspended sentence, or strik…

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