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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-26

The application for authorisation referred to in article R. 5122-2 sent by electronic means is drawn up on a site accessible online, via the Internet network, offering the functionalities necessary fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-2

The employer sends the Prefect of the département in which the establishment concerned is located a prior request for authorisation for partial activity. The application shall specify : 1° The reasons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-20

The Agence de services et de paiement is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data contained in prior requests for authorisation to be placed in a partial activity position and req…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-90-2

The Prefect's decision to issue a professional licence is taken within three months of the presentation of the applicant's complete file or of the opinion of the Minister for Sport for the activities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issue of the licence to practise.

Article D4221-13-2

The practice authorisation committee assesses candidates' competence, in particular in the light of the assessment report drawn up by the head of the organisation in which the successful candidate com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-2

When the public prosecutor, the investigating court, the judicial police officer, with the authorisation of the public prosecutor or the investigating judge, or the court hearing the case decide to us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-26

Software covered by this chapter may under no circumstances be used for the purposes of administrative investigations, nor for any purpose other than that defined in article 230-20.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-21

French nationality may be conferred by naturalisation on a proposal from the Minister of Foreign Affairs on any French-speaking foreigner who applies for it and who contributes by his or her outstandi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-23

Without prejudice to the supervisory powers granted to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-29

When a forensic autopsy has been carried out as part of an investigation or judicial enquiry and the preservation of the body of the deceased is no longer necessary to establish the truth, the compete…

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