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Showing 13411350 of 3076 articles for Art. 21 févr. 1978

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-5

…ed after consultation of the CNIL pursuant to I of article 26 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-118

…Association, meetings are convened in accordance with the article 40 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-64

…c voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties and in compliance wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-9

…The "brevet de préparateur" obtained before 31st December 1985, by persons preparing on 1st January 1978 the said "brevet" and by those who began an apprenticeship within twelve months of this date, c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-44

…processing of personal data of the nature mentioned in I of Article 6 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms are authorised solely for the purposes and in s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-22

…the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to the payment of the indemnities provided for in Articles L. 1226-20 and L. 1226-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-9

…access and rectification provided for in Articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, which the interested parties may exercise with Pôle emploi and the Regional Director mentioned…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-3

…of the declaration.The time limit is extended to one year for declarations submitted under articles 21-2,21-13-1 et 21-13-2. In the event that an opposition procedure is initiated by the Government pu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-6

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2493

For a child born in Mayotte, the first paragraph of article 21-7 and article 21-11 are applicable only if, at the date of birth, at least one of the child's parents was residing in France legally, und…

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