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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-3

The data and information mentioned in 1° of Article R. 2-15-1 are kept for six months from the date of the event. The data and information referred to in 2° of the same article are kept for ten years…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-1

…t belongs, by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged. It includes the following information: 1° The name or corporate name and address of the company to which the establishment belongs and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L773-15

…ns having the same purpose. "III.-For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1° In article L. 519-1, II is replaced by the following provisions: II.- The second paragraph of I d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L774-15

…ns having the same purpose. "III.-For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1° In article L. 519-1, II is replaced by the following provisions: II.- The second paragraph of I d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-1

…hapter, a "variety" is a plant grouping of a botanical taxon of the lowest known rank which may be: 1° Defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a certain genotype or combination…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Adequate explanations and warnings

Article L313-11

…e suited to the borrower's needs and financial situation. These explanations include in particular: 1° The information contained in the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-14

Users of the marché d'intérêt national or its ancillary establishments are: 1° Professional sellers and brokers; 2° Producers, their groups and organisations, who may only sell their own production; 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions of assignment for reservists

Article D3134-1

When the Minister for Health calls on the health reserve in application of I of article L. 3134-1, the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique may conclude an agreement with each or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-14

…income relating to assets transferred with a portfolio of contracts by an undertaking mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and allocated to a separate accounting section pursuant to Article L. 324-7,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

…ion of article R. 354-3 to supplementary occupational pension funds, the following definitions apply1° "Solvency requirements referred to in Section 2 of Chapter V of Title VIII of Book III" where "ca…

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