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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2-3

If the regional inter-professional joint committee certifies that the employee's career plan is genuine and serious, the employee has six months from notification of the decision to submit an applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-29

A polling station set up for the election is responsible for overseeing all voting operations and for counting the votes. It is chaired by the representative of the State and includes, where applicabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-31

Pharmacists replacing or managing a pharmacy after death must provide proof of the practical experience provided for, as appropriate, in articles R. 5124-16 to R. 5124-18. Pharmacists providing a repl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Leave to validate acquired experience

Article R6422-5

At the end of a leave of absence for the validation of prior learning, the beneficiary of the leave of absence must, at the request of the employer or of a funding body mentioned in article L. 6316-1,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-35

The payment of contributions made by the employer in application of article D. 7121-44 exempts him from the payment of the compensatory leave indemnity, provided for in article L. 3141-28, in the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-21

If the presumption of an offence is based on the laboratory analysis, the public prosecutor will inform the alleged perpetrator of the fraud or falsification that he or she may obtain the laboratory r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-1

The adult critical care modality comprises the following entries: 1° Intensive care and polyvalent intensive care, and specialised intensive care where applicable; 2° Derogatory polyvalent intensive c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Updating data

Article R8295-3

The employer or, where applicable, the user undertaking of a temporary employee on secondment shall inform the union of funds mentioned in article R. 8291-2 within twenty-four hours of any change rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to paediatric neurosurgery.

Article D6124-146

In an emergency situation, paediatric neurosurgery may be carried out in an adult neurosurgery unit. In this case, the conditions mentioned in articles D. 6124-141 to D. 6124-145 are not required. A s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-53

Hospital foundations are non-profit legal entities governed by private law. They are set up between one or more public health institutions and, where appropriate, one or more public or private entitie…

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