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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

…ons defined in article R. 6152-801 ; 3° Recuperation days for periods of additional working time, standby duty and travel when they have not been compensated. During the leave and recuperation days me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-359

The leave due under 1° of article R. 6152-358 may not be carried over to the following year, unless exceptional authorisation is granted by the director of the establishment after consulting the head…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval

Article 353

…ourt may order the adoption if it considers that the applicant(s) are suitable to receive the child and that the adoption is in the child's best interests.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption judgment

Article 354

…he transcription takes the place of the adopted person's birth certificate. It states the day, time and place of birth, the child's sex, surname and forenames as they appear in the adoption decree, th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 352

If the parents have requested the return of the child whose filiation has been established, the child may not be placed until a ruling has been given on the merits of this request at the request of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 351

Placement with a view to adoption concerns wards of the state or children judicially declared abandoned. In the case of full adoption, it also concerns children for whom adoption has been validly and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 350

Any application for recusal against the first president of the court of appeal and any application for dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion against the court of appeal as a whole must be the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal on public security grounds

Article 351

Referral on grounds of public security shall be made by the Court of Cassation at the request of the public prosecutor attached to the said court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal on public security grounds

Article 352

…or to another court of the same nature as that court.The decision shall be binding on the parties and on the referring court. It is not subject to appeal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal on public security grounds

Article 354

In the event of a referral, the procedure shall be as set out in Article

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