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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-56

Hospitalised patients may, in view of the length of their stay and their state of health, be granted exceptional leave of absence for a maximum period of forty-eight hours. Such leave is granted by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-58

When the in-patient's state of health no longer requires them to remain in one of the establishment's departments, they are discharged by the Director on the recommendation of the department head doct…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-5

The documents attesting to the constitution and, where applicable, the publicity of the security shall be sent in triplicate, in original or copy, by the person under investigation to the clerk of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Admission to the profession

Article R811-5

In the event of a vacancy in the seat of a titular member and his substitute, they shall be replaced by the first candidate and his substitute not elected. If there are no further unelected candidates…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-52

The administrative court or the Conseil d'Etat may, if they grant the authorisation, make its effect subject to the prior deposit of the costs of the proceedings. In this case, they shall set the sum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-50

Where the administrative court does not rule within two months or where authorisation is refused, the taxpayer may appeal to the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-51

An appeal to the Conseil d'Etat shall, on pain of forfeiture, be lodged within one month of either the expiry of the period allowed to the administrative court to rule or the notification of the refus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in nursery nursing.

Article D4311-51

The conditions under which a certificate of studies is issued in place of the State diploma in childcare to holders of a foreign diploma in nursing or midwifery that does not authorise them to practis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in nursery nursing.

Article D4311-50

The following are set by order of the Minister for Health: 1° The conditions for student admission ; 2° The duration of studies, the training programme and the organisation of teaching; 3° The procedu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-54

The Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation publishes, for each field of activity on which a study is to be carried out, a call for applications no later than 30 June of the year prece…

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