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Showing 27412750 of 21140 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 April 1993 · Cass. civ. 21 July 1937

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

…onal data processing with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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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 conditions provided for in Article R. 53-18; 5° Processing authorised by Decree No. 2011-110 of 27 January 2011 authorising the creation of an automated personal data processing system known as th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…he departmental authority. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 64 of law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France, agreements between the departmental authority and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…ivity in the course of which the offence was committed, in accordance with the terms of article 131-27 of the same code. These disqualifications may be imposed cumulatively; 5° Confiscation of the thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-3

…f the exercise of which the offence was committed, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-27 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Exclusion from public contracts for a maximum of five years; 3° Confisc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…opox viruses, including smallpox; 19. Native malaria; 20. Imported malaria in overseas departments; 21. Plague; 22. Poliomyelitis; 23. Rabies; 24. Measles; 25. Rubella; 26. Native urogenital schistoso…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-13

…ed companies which belong to the public sector by virtue of the aforementioned law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 and the aforementioned law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article D32-2

…d for in Article 100-8 shall be made using the form set out in Annex C to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…0Resulting from Order No. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 314-22 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 314-23, with the exception of its fourth and last paragraphs, and L. 314-25 to L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R224-6-1

…Articles L. 132-9-6 of the French Insurance Code, L. 223-10-5 of the French Mutual Code and L. 312-21-1 apply to unliquidated contracts, regardless of when they were opened, relating to the following…

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