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Showing 60616070 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-7

Candidates are forbidden to have printed or handwritten documents with them, on pain of exclusion. However, they may consult codes or compendia of laws, decrees and circulars; the latter may include r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

…the operations, the exact location or detailed description of the automated data processing systems and the duration of the operations.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-1

…p for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of accessing, recording, retaining and transmitting computer data in any place, as stored in a computer system, as displayed on a scree…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-7

I.-The personal data and information mentioned in article R. 814-58-6 are destroyed five years after the revocation of consent to electronic communication or, in the absence of revocation, after the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 5: Fresnes centre

Article R53-8-75

…national public health establishment, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article R. 53-8-77 and articles R. 541-17 and R. 541-18 du code pénitentiaire.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 5: Fresnes centre

Article R53-8-77

Persons held in the centre come under the jurisdiction of one of the vice-presidents in charge of enforcing sentences of the Paris judicial court, appointed by the first president of the Paris court o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Approval of inspection bodies

Article R232-71-1

…Anti-Doping Agency) under conditions that it defines, relating in particular to the qualifications and initial and ongoing training of the persons working on behalf of the organisation concerned as w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Work involving exposure to radiation

Article R4152-7-1

…pt as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account existing recommendations for good practice, and in any case below the limit values for public exposure to electromagnetic fields.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions governing the performance of the duties of head of division

Article D6146-7-1

…as amended, creating a supplementary social insurance pension scheme for non-tenured civil servants and public authorities.For practitioners in the armed forces, this allowance is subject to contribut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95-1

…f the investigation into a crime or one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor,…

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