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Showing 51615170 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

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

Article R131-38

The processing authorised by article R. 131-37 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° The identity of the person subject to the betting ban provided for in c) of article L. 131-16 (sur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L422-3

The measures taken by the European Commission pursuant to Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits.

Article R518-31

The consignment receipts issued in Paris by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and, outside Paris, by its agents, briefly state the rulings, judgments, acts or causes giving rise to the said consi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3

In the case of mutual and cooperative networks, the European Central Bank may, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and after obtaining the opinion of the central bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-33

…absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7124-9, elected representatives who are civil servants, local authority civil servants, hospital civil servants or contract employees of the State, a local au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-33

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7226-9, elected officials who are civil servants, territorial civil servants or hospital civil servants or contractual employees of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-34

Without prejudice to the application of Article 44 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, the Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie shall jointly re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L775-37

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting fro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the transfer of the second-hand medical device certifies that it has undergone regular maintenance in accordance with the provisions of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3

…osals drawn up jointly by the president of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, the president of the university to which the medical training and research unit belongs and th…

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