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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-4

…is kept on computer, it may be transmitted in compliance with the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-4

…ns in care;2° The processing is carried out in compliance with the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal council…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-9

…ights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, which the interested parties may exercise with Pôle emploi and the Regional Director m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-6

…ers and ship's drivers benefiting from the provisions set out in article 5 of Law no. 2001-43 of 16 January 2001 containing various provisions adapting to Community law in the field of transport may b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection in the event of dismissal

Article R2411-1

…of a health, social and medico-social establishment mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service. For the application of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State property transferred to the assets of the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-36

…ecree no. 2003-1111 of 18 November 2003, taken in application of article 9 of law no. 2002-92 of 22 January 2002 relating to Corsica; b) Movable objects belonging to the State which these buildings co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

…ployment (Directorate General for Employment), pursuant to articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and that he/she does not have t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-8

As stated in article 511-25-1 of the French Criminal Code , reproduced below: "Is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros: 1° Importing or exporting gametes or germ tissue wit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-3

…to contributing towards the costs mentioned in Article 17(2), Article 18(3), Article 19(2), Article 25(3)(a, b, d and e), Article 28(2), Article 29(3) and Article 31(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) N…

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