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Showing 51115120 of 23043 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 21-12-1990 n° 88-15.744

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24

Interested parties, such as the person concerned, the president of the French Anti-Doping Agency, the competent international federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency and, where applicable, the nation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

The purchaser may award a contract without prior publicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not poss…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in the event of obstruction by the foreign national

Article L733-11

Visiting operations are carried out under the supervision of the magistrate who authorised them, who may visit the premises to ensure compliance with the legal provisions. These operations may not be…

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

Article 706-25-13

No reconciliation or interconnection, within the meaning of Article 33 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, may be carried out between the…

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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 706-53-11

No reconciliation or connection within the meaning of the article 33 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms may not be made between the file provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-34

The dangerousness examination provided for by articles 763-10 and R. 61-11 may replace the expert appraisal provided for by l'article 712-21. The decision to place under mobile electronic surveillance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-10

Authorisation to exceed the absolute maximum weekly working time provided for in Article L. 3121-21 is granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition or use of substances or preparations, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-232-1

If a legal representative of a legal unit objects to this data being made available to the public for canvassing purposes pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the Europ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-19

The services listed under numbers 79 to 92 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 79 Summon…

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