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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-425

…same period, subject to the production by the person concerned of a medical certificate of physical and mental fitness drawn up by an approved doctor and sent to the director of the establishment to w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-423

…le to these practitioners is set at : 1° 65 years for those born before 1st July 1951 ; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-4

International agreements concerning both areas of State competence and areas of regional competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of Articles L. 4433-4-2 and L. 4433-4-3-2 is not applied, ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-4-4

…erral, the group of experts submits a report to the Minister responsible for labour on the economic and social effects likely to result from the extension of the agreement concerned or one or more of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-46

Cheques issued abroad and payable in France are treated as crossed cheques.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-42

…eque, the owner of the cheque must contact the immediate endorser, who is required to lend his name and care to act towards his own endorser, going from endorser to endorser right up to the drawer of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-47

The bearer may exercise his rights of recourse against the endorsers, the drawer and the other debtors, if the cheque, presented in due time, is not paid and if the refusal to pay is recorded in an au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-4

…the Banque de France, which has funds available to the drawer at the time the instrument is created and in accordance with an express or tacit agreement according to which the drawer has the right to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

…allow, alternatively or cumulatively, the certain identification of the other payment service user and his payment account for the payment transaction; c) A payment instrument means, alternatively or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-4

…veral colleges under conditions that ensure the representation of all categories of staff. Notwithstanding article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants a…

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