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Showing 11511160 of 28751 articles for Art. 24 mai 1978

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-32

Local investment funds may not benefit from the provisions of article L. 214-24-26.

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

…(Directorate General for Employment), pursuant to articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and that he/she does not have the right…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-1

…cles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in II of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of II of article R. 356-24 is no longer…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38

…ame, given name, date and place of birth);2° Their address (postal address and, where applicable, e-mail address);3° The competitions for which they are banned from betting.The rights of access and re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

Article A750-9

…right of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties is exercised with the heads of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-46

…ssion of the departmental service existing until the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, réunie en formation limitée aux représentan…

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

Article 230-23

…mission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of the competent public p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-4

…rade repository. Where such information constitutes personal data subject to Act 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, it must be transmitted in accordance w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-8

…f Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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