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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-543

The following may be recruited as associate midwives: 1° Candidates for authorisation to practise the profession of midwife defined in I of article L. 4111-2, who have passed the knowledge verificatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-550

The provisions of 1° of article R. 6152-501, articles R. 6152-508 to R. 6152-511, R. 6152-513, R. 6152-519-1, R. 6152-520-1 to R. 6152-532 and R. 6152-534 to R. 6152-536 are applicable to associate mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R6152-537

In order to hold the title of former hospital specialist assistant or former hospital generalist assistant, it is necessary to provide evidence of two years' effective service in one or other of these…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

…e Directorate General of Customs and Excise all information and documents in their possession which may prove useful in the fight against counterfeiting, with the exception of those which they have co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 524

…resident or, as soon as the matter has been referred to him, the Conseiller de la Mise en Condition may, in the event of an appeal, decide, at the request of the respondent and after hearing the submi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article R752-5

A foreign national placed in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 752-2 may, independently of the examination of their state of vulnerability by the administrative authority when they are p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 599

The owner may not, by his act, or in any manner whatsoever, prejudice the rights of the usufructuary. For his part, the usufructuary may not, on the cessation of the usufruct, claim any compensation f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-5

…lied with all the accessories, including packaging, and installation instructions that the consumer may legitimately expect; 5° Where applicable, it is supplied with the updates that the consumer may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…WORDING RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R519-50

…its governing bodies and the banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in Article L. 519-1, the other persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 or the training bodi…

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