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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Processing of personal data concerning health necessary for the adapted support of jobseekers with disabilities

Article D5312-51

The following health data may be recorded in the processing, insofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article D. 5312-50: 1° The type and origin of the disability; 2° The n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-4

When the request is made by the minor, the refusal to hear the minor can only be based on his or her lack of discernment or on the fact that the proceedings do not concern him or her. When the request…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-7

When the perpetrator of an accident is unable to prove that he has complied with the obligation to insure instituted by article L. 211-1, the victim and the guarantee fund are entitled to avail themse…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L522-6

Where an intermediary or an insurance undertaking has informed the policyholder or subscriber that it will carry out a periodic assessment of the suitability of the recommended investment products, th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2113-11

The purchaser may decide not to allot a contract in one of the following cases:1° It is not in a position to carry out the organisational, steering and coordination tasks itself;2° Awarding the contra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 924-2

The amount of the reduction indemnity is calculated on the basis of the value of the property given or bequeathed at the time of the partition or its alienation by the beneficiary and according to its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-13

An action for liability based on the annulment of the company or of the acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the date on which the annulment de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-3-1

Where it is brought to the attention of the president of the court, information showing that the conditions of article L. 640-1 have been met, he shall inform the Public Prosecutor's Office by means o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-39

The rapporteur may ask the holder of the rights to the technical measure or, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 331-38, the applicant, to provide him, within a period of te…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Data recorded in the processing operation

Article R142-2

The personal data recorded in the automated processing mentioned in Article R. 142-1 are: 1° Digitised images of the photograph and fingerprints of the ten fingers of visa applicants, collected by Fre…

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