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Showing 83018310 of 24728 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 10-27.701

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-9

…n when information concerning you is subject to automated processing (art. 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978) to:the officer of the public prosecutor's office at the local court or the pol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

…cles L. 2339-2, L. 2339-3, L. 2339-10, L. 2353-4 and L. 2353-13 du code de la défense; articles L. 317-1-1 and L. 317-2-1 of the Internal Security Code and articles 222-52,222-53,222-54,222-55,222-57…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…ged within the meaning of Article 111 of Commission Delegated Regulation No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 ; insurance or reinsurance undertakings authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…Regulation;16° The obligation to have professional premises in accordance with Article L. 5142-1-3;17° The obligation, for the establishments mentioned in article L. 5142-1, to comply with the good p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Software pledge agreement

Article L132-34

Without prejudice to the provisions of the loi du 17 mars 1909 relative à la vente et au nantissement des fonds de commerce, the exploitation right of the author of software defined in Article L. 122-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

…e legal retention period or, failing that, the period provided for in article 4, paragraph 5 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties.If this or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 octies

…defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code, which meet the conditions of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code or which are approved under the conditions provided for in articles L…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…juin 2018 relative à la protection des données personnelles et portant modification de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, files and freedoms and various provisions concerning…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting from the dec…

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

Article R40-32

…ant to the provisions and in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 44 and 70-22 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978.

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