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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

In the event that a position in an approved structure likely to be offered to an intern or resident has not been offered to interns or residents, or if it has not been chosen, the director of the heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-43

At the end of the selection process and where there are still vacancies for interns or residents, students in the third cycle of medical and pharmacy studies and former residents who have just complet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-3

Once the European Public Prosecutor exercises his jurisdiction, or during the periods provided for in Article 27(1) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017: 1° By wa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Termination of legal separation

Article 308

As a result of the conversion, the cause of the legal separation becomes the cause of the divorce; the attribution of wrongs is not altered. The judge determines the consequences of the divorce. Benef…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Termination of legal separation

Article 306

At the request of one of the spouses, a judgment of legal separation is converted ipso jure into a judgment of divorce when the legal separation has lasted two years.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Termination of legal separation

Article 307

In all cases of legal separation, this may be converted into divorce by mutual consent.In the case of legal separation by mutual consent, conversion into divorce may only take place by mutual consent.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Termination of legal separation

Article 305

Voluntary resumption of cohabitation puts an end to legal separation. To be enforceable against third parties, it must either be recorded in a notarial deed or be the subject of a declaration to the c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-3

I.-When a purchaser awards a contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle in categories equivalent in Saint-Barthélemy to categories M and N as defined inarticle R. 311-1 of the Highway Code , and the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3321-3

For the application of Article D. 3133-1 to Saint-Barthélemy, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of…

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