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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-316

…child, is being abused, she must use the most appropriate means to protect them, exercising caution and circumspection.In the case of a minor child or a woman who is unable to protect herself because…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-304

Midwives have an obligation to maintain and improve their professional knowledge, in accordance with the obligation of continuing professional development provided for in articles L. 4153-1 and L. 415…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-322

Every midwife must refrain, even outside the practice of her profession, from any act likely to bring it into disrepute. A midwife may only engage in another activity if such combination is compatible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-324

…ny patient with a gynaecological condition. In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 2212-8 and L. 2213-2, no midwife is required to assist in the voluntary interruption of pregnancy.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-31

I. - Articles L. 2224-18 to L. 2224-20 and article L. 2224-23 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-4

The remuneration of senior executives in charge of risk management and compliance is directly supervised by the remuneration committee referred to in article L. 533-31-4 or, if no such committee has b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-8

Where performance is taken into account, the variable remuneration granted and paid to the categories of staff referred to in Article L. 533-30 shall be determined on the basis of a combined assessmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-5

…of investment firms makes a distinction, based on clear criteria, between basic fixed remuneration and variable remuneration. Basic fixed remuneration primarily reflects professional experience in re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-2

The implementation of the remuneration policy is subject, at least once a year, to a central and independent internal assessment in the exercise of supervisory functions. In the branches of third-coun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-6

…ceiling that it is up to the investment firm to define, taking into account its business activities and the risks associated therewith, as well as the impact that the persons mentioned in this article…

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