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Showing 26112620 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-6

…aving the necessary competence to examine the project, under the conditions set out in article L. 1123-14. It may only request one opinion per research project. In the event of an unfavourable opinion…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-6

…ed for in the first paragraph of article L. 333-1-4 (surname, given name, date and place of birth) ;2° Their address (postal address and, where applicable, e-mail address);3° Events or competitions fo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

…is :1° Expenditure on physical restoration, digitisation and, where applicable, digital restoration;2° For silent films, expenditure on recreating and recording the original musical composition or pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scaffolding

Article R4323-69

…udes, in particular: 1° Understanding the plan for erecting, dismantling or converting scaffolding; 2° Safety when erecting, dismantling or converting scaffolding; 3° Measures to prevent the risk of p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-69

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article R. 6152-35, practitioners carrying out their duties in a public health establishment located in an overseas department, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin,…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for certain territories

Article L5125-6

…on in the territory for which he is responsible as part of the regional health plan provided for in 2° of article L. 1434-2. It determines by decree the territories in which access to medicines for th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-60

…on pain of inadmissibility of the application: 1° A copy of the company's articles of association; 2° A copy of the decision to register each partner practising within the company on the national lis…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2 : Communal share of excise duty on electricity

Article D2333-6

For the application of the provisions of article L. 5212-24, the tax administration department competent to receive the concordant deliberations of the legal assignees of the communal share of the exc…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-61

…ss or audiovisual communication company, or to the office of a doctor, notary or bailiff, articles 56-1, 56-2 or 56-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as the case may be, shall apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 667

1 (Transferred under article L. 17 of the tax procedures book). 2. The departmental conciliation commission provided for in Article 1653 A may be seized for all deeds or declarations recording the tra…

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