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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Hospital duties for odontology students.

Article R6153-72

…pital students mentioned in article R. 6153-63 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education and health, and revalued i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-3

…of the provisions of Books I to VI of this Code in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations in this Book :1° References to the provisions of the General…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-2

…the provisions of this Code apply automatically to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the provisions of this Book.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88

…liberty and custody judge or the investigating judge may decide, in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph, that police custody will be extended for a single additional forty-e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-12-1

Subject to specific legislative provisions, the publicity of acts relating to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and its staff, when it is made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-11-1

The Chief Executive prepares the budget of the public institution and submits it to the Supervisory Board for adoption within a timeframe that enables it to be implemented on 1st January of the financ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…Where, for an insurance undertaking which does not belong to a group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter represen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-7

If the minor asks to be heard with a lawyer and does not choose one himself, the judge shall request, by any means, the appointment of a lawyer by the President of the Bar.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-7

The claimant summons the judge for the set day. On pain of inadmissibility of the application, a copy of the application, the decision of the first president and the supporting documents shall be atta…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-7

If it does not emanate from the judge, the refusal to issue the certificate may be referred to the president of the judicial court. The president of the court will give the final ruling on the applica…

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