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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-19

I. - As part of the consultation of the data contained in the national register for the identification of natural persons, provided for in the ninth paragraph of I of article L. 312-19, the institutio…

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

Article R53-19

The national automated genetic fingerprint database may not be interconnected, reconciled or linked with any other automated processing of nominative information, with the exception of: 1° Processing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quater : Tax reduction for interest on deferred payment granted when a farm is transferred

Article 199 vicies A

…or have been setting up for less than five years, in connection with the sale of all the assets allocated to the exercise of an agricultural activity, a complete branch of activity or all their shares…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-19

The categories of personal data recorded are as follows: 1° Family name and, where applicable, surname, forenames, gender and date of birth; 2° Nationality, in one of the following forms:-French ;a na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-8

When it is not authorised to carry out psychiatric care activities, the establishment authorised to operate an emergency facility and one or more establishments mentioned in 1° of article L. 3221-1 op…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

I.-Mutualist certificates are redeemable only in the event of the liquidation of the issuer and after all preferential, unsecured and subordinated creditors have been paid in full. Redemption is made…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-9

People aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing social and professional difficulties may enter into an open-ended contract with an intermediary association, as provided for in Article L. 5132-14…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-11

An intermediary association may conclude open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-26-9, up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-7

In addition to the members mentioned in articles D. 6124-17 to D. 6124-21, the staff of the emergency department of a health care establishment includes at least, depending on the case : 1° A nurse wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-9

…the establishment authorised to operate an emergency unit is also authorised to provide psychiatric care, the head of the emergency unit and the head of the psychiatric unit shall draw up a protocol f…

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