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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-390

The age limit for contract practitioners is sixty-seven.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-393

In the event of non-renewal which is not at the practitioner's initiative, the decision is taken after a reasoned opinion from the chairman of the establishment's medical committee and the head of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-391

A contractual practitioner who wishes to extend his working life must submit a request to this effect to the director of the establishment in which he wishes to work, at least six months before the da…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-3

The property may also be apprehended immediately, without prior command and on presentation of the writ of execution alone if the person required to surrender it is present and if, on being asked by t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-3

Any breach of the spare parts availability obligation mentioned in articles L. 111-4 and L. 111-4-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-3

As an exception to article L. 412-1, the administrative authority may, without requiring production of the long-stay visa mentioned in the same article, grant the following residence permits: 1° The t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Rights of foreign nationals in waiting zones

Article L343-3

Throughout the period of detention in the waiting area, foreign nationals have the rights granted to them in article L. 341-2.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue or renew residence permits

Article L432-3

A resident card may not be issued to the spouses of a foreign national living in France in a state of polygamy. The same applies to any foreigner convicted of committing the offence of violence leadin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-3

The division of powers between communes, départements and regions may not authorise one of these authorities to establish or exercise tutelage, in any form whatsoever, over another of them.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-3

Entry on the list of top-level sportsmen and women is made in one of the following categories: Elite, Senior, Relève, Reconversion.

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