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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-43

The hospital practitioner may be authorised, following a favourable opinion from the medical committee referred to in article R. 6152-36, to work part-time for therapeutic reasons under the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-49

Hospital practitioners are entitled to fifteen working days' training leave per year to update their knowledge. Leave entitlements for two years may be accumulated. An order issued by the Minister for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-4

By way of derogation from this section, class 1 bis investment firms are subject to the provisions of articles R. 511-17 to R. 511-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4

The amount of average market capitalisation referred to in Article L. 424-6 is set in Article 77 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-49

When the judicial liquidation proceedings are resumed after having been closed and the liquidator has benefited from the compensation provided for in Article L. 663-3, any request for a fee in respect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article R695-4

If the debtor fulfils the conditions of the first paragraph of Article L. 626-29, the insolvency administrator shall without delay notify the insolvency practitioner appointed in insolvency proceeding…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Risk assessment

Article R4433-4

The results of the measurements are communicated to the occupational physician so that they can be kept with the medical file of exposed workers. They are made available to the members of the social a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles.

Article R232-42

In accordance with the annual national testing programme defined by the College, testing operations are initiated by the Director of the Testing Department, in accordance with the provisions of Articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Hearing and deliberation

Article R532-41

The Cour nationale du droit d'asile shall provide the applicant, free of charge, with an interpreter to assist him/her at the hearing, who has taken an oath to assist justice in his/her honour and con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-voting preference shares.

Article R228-45

Notifications of non-voting preference shareholders' meetings are made under the conditions provided for in articles R. 225-62, R. 225-63, R. 225-65 to R. 225-69 and, where applicable, R. 225-70. The…

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