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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave, continuing education and trade union rights

Article R6152-712

…parental presence leave, family solidarity leave and, subject to the provisions of articles R. 6152-715, R. 6152-716 and R. 6152-718, the allowance provided for inarticle L. 1243-8 of the Labour Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave, continuing education and trade union rights

Article R6152-714

…uly authorised practitioners' union representatives under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-73.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave, continuing education and trade union rights

Article R6152-713

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6251-1 must maintain and improve their knowledge. They are entitled to training leave, the duration of which is set at fifteen working days per…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

…vicemen and civilians who died in North Africa, victims of military operations or terrorist attacks;7° persons who died as a result of acts of terrorism referred to in article L. 113-13 of the code de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 793

Within the period provided for in article 792, the heir may declare that he is retaining in kind one or more assets of the succession. In this case, he owes the value of the property set out in the in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 797

If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 719

…ve detention, waiting areas, prisons and closed educational centres mentioned in the article L. 113-7 of the juvenile criminal justice code.Except for police custody premises, the deputies, senators a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…o follow the treatment offered to him or her by the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to articles 717-1 and 763-7. The same applies when the sentence enforcement judge is informed, pursuant to artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

…nce by means of an adjustment, a release under constraint or the monitoring provided for in article 721-2. For the application of this article, the situation of each convicted offender is examined at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-78

The social and economic committee ensures, controls or participates in the management of all social and cultural activities established in the company, primarily for the benefit of employees, their fa…

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