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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Private practice.

Article R4127-344

A midwife may not have her practice managed by another midwife.However, in the event of the death of a midwife, the departmental council may authorise another midwife to run her practice for a period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Employed persons.

Article R4127-350

All midwives bound to their employer by an agreement or contract must under no circumstances take advantage of their duties to increase their personal clientele.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Private practice.

Article R4127-343

…n individual decision by the departmental council of the Association. If the departmental council remains silent, tacit authorisation is granted two months after receipt of the application.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Employed persons.

Article R4127-348

The fact that a midwife's professional practice is bound by a contract or statute to an administration, a local authority or any other public or private body in no way detracts from her professional d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 385

…r to it under the conditions provided for, as the case may be, by the fourth paragraph of article 183 or by Article 217, or if the order was not made in accordance with the provisions of Article 184,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Driving licence

Article 327

Any still used by an itinerant hirer may not be put into circulation or parked on the public highway, in an unenclosed courtyard or on an unenclosed site not belonging to the owner of the apparatus, w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval

Article 353

In the case of the adoption of a ward of the State or a foreign child who is not the child of the adopter's spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner, the court shall chec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stay of proceedings.

Article 380

The stay decision may be appealed with the permission of the first president of the court of appeal if there is a serious and legitimate reason. The party wishing to appeal shall refer the matter to t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of holders

Article 308

…s or portions of apparatus. The appliances are, where applicable, hallmarked. The appliances must remain sealed during periods when they are not in use. They may be kept at home or deposited in a prem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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