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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

The national automated DNA fingerprint database centralises DNA traces and fingerprints relating to the following offences: 1° Sexual offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R3335-5

For the application of article L. 3335-4 : 1° The financial potential and population taken into account are those calculated for the year of allocation. The average per capita financial potential of t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-3

…them, the public prosecutor or any third party with knowledge of acts or omissions that manifestly and substantially compromise the property interests of the minor or of a situation likely to cause s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-3

…used by the investigators, the proportionality of the investigative acts with regard to the nature and seriousness of the facts, the direction given to the investigation and the quality of the invest…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Weight of goods.

Article 37

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance lay down the conditions under which goods taxed by weight must be checked and the arrangements for full imported packaging. The taxable weight…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article D1237-5

…eployment measures implemented as part of this leave, such as training, work periods in the company and support measures; 3° The employment situation of the employees at the end of the mobility leave.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Processing of personal data concerning health necessary for the adapted support of jobseekers with disabilities

Article D5312-51

…nsofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article D. 5312-50: 1° The type and origin of the disability; 2° The need to compensate for the disability within the meaning ofarti…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-3-1

…le 397-3. Pre-trial detention may only be ordered for one of the reasons provided for in 2°, 3°, 5° and 6° of Article 144. Where the person has been taken into custody or kept in custody, the last two…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-5

…sation or establishment mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 collects the identity and non-identifying data, mentioned in I of Article L. 2143-3, from third-party donors who have cons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-5

…to the public. In respect of this single act of communication to the public, the signal distributor and the broadcasting organisation must both be authorised by the holders of related rights for the p…

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