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Showing 101110 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-7

Information for people with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

…referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient and prudent management of the market undertaking, and in particular…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-7

Practitioners placed on compulsory lay-off pursuant to the fifth paragraph of article L. 6152-5-2 may benefit from the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 5424-1 of the Labour Code under th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

…ntered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retention no longer appears necessar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-7

If a person of full age is taken into police custody, the officer or agent of the judicial police shall ask whether he or she is the subject of a legal protection measure, in order to implement the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-4

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 706-53-9 and 706-53-10, the information mentioned in Article 706-53-2 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-5

…nication system. However, in the event of the file being consulted, this information will only be accessible after the identity of the person concerned has been verified, where possible, by the servic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-6

…rson, or by registered letter sent to the last declared address, or, failing this, by the use of force publique by the judicial police officer, with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor. T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-13

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-7

Without prejudice to Articles L. 142-9, L. 312-14, L. 322-2, L. 612-17, L. 613-34-4 and L. 632-1 A, the following persons are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the pena…

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