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Showing 54015410 of 47419 articles for Art. 201 3 bis · CE 5 January 1948 · CE 27 January 1986 · CAA Nantes 16 December 1992 · CE 8 December 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…ct. II - The host of the data mentioned in the first paragraph of I on a digital medium must hold a certificate of compliance. If it stores data as part of an electronic archiving service, it is subje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

Title III of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1231-1 A, L. 1233-3, L. 1233-4, L. 1234-3-1, L. 1234-4, L. 1235-1, with the exc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L773-50

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 574-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 574-2 Ordinance no. 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-50

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 574-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 574-2 Ordinance no. 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-10

In the event of a penal composition provided for in 3° of Article 706-53-2, the person is informed by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's delegate, who hands over the document provided fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-5

I.-In application of 13° of article L. 122-5 and subject to II of this article, libraries accessible to the public, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 570

I. - In accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation, all suppliers are subject to the following obligations:1° Deliver tobacco only to the tobacconists designated in article 568;2° Retain o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-5

The rights of access and rectification, as well as the right to limit the data recorded in the processing provided for in Article R. 7343-3, may be exercised with the departments of the Employment Pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-1

I.-The national health identifier defined in article L. 1111-8-1 is the registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons (NIR).For persons awaiting the allocation…

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