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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-13

…om a duly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6153-1-14, on the list drawn up pursuant toarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-1

…e speciality of applicants for one of the temporary practice authorisations mentioned in article L. 4131-4. The committee makes its decision on the basis of the candidate's application, accompanied by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-3

…n the speciality of applicants for authorisation to practise the medicine referred to in article L. 4131-4-1. The committee makes its decision on the basis of the candidate's application accompanied b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-7

The secretariat of the committees is provided by the Centre national de gestion, with the assistance of the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins.

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

Article L4433-4-3-2

In the areas of competence of the overseas regions, the President of the Regional Council may, for the duration of his term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specifying the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 B bis

…ifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built properties levied for the benefit of municip…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 B ter

I. - Taxpayers whose income does not exceed the amount stipulated in II of article 1417, a rebate equal to the fraction of the contribution exceeding 50% of the total amount of their income defined in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6523-2-4-1

In application of article L. 6523-1-1, a skills operator that is not based in an overseas territory may enter into an agreement with a skills operator that is based there for the purpose of carrying o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-1-1

Any victim of a criminal offence may lodge a complaint and have his or her statement taken by the judicial police services or units by an audiovisual means of telecommunication guaranteeing the confid…

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