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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-13

…article L. 521-12 before the set deadline, the administrative authority may have this done automatically at the expense of the operator. The sum deposited shall be used to pay the expenses thus incur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 770-1

…n no. 1 of his criminal record, he may apply to the criminal court of his place of residence, or of Paris if he resides abroad, to have this entry removed. The application may only be brought before t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-3

…n referred to in the first paragraph of Article D. 15-1-2 is issued by the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal after approval has been granted, as appropriate, by the Director General of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-9

…ration of the approved body, the Minister of the Interior and the Prefect of the département or, in Paris, the Prefect of the Police or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Prefect of the Bouc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-15

…lation of foreign nationals, as well as that relating to access to French nationality and visa applications, and for their implementation, and reporting to the central departments of the Ministries of…

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

Article R131-43

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by a delegated sports federation by comparing the file transmitted by the latter with the automated processing of personal data…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-15

…l public security directorate on which his or her home depends, or to the service designated by the Paris police prefecture in other cases, within the first fifteen days of the month of the anniversar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Procedure applicable to economic and financial offences

Article D47-3

By application of the provisions of article 704, paragraph 1, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B septies

I. - The rates of property tax and council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling voted by a municipality may not exceed two and a half times the aver…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-11

Applications for a declaration that there are no grounds for refusing recognition and for refusal of recognition respectively made pursuant to Articles 30 and 40 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 o…

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