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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5-1

…em or processing of personal data are sent to one of the bodies or persons mentioned in Article R. 15-33-68, the requested person or body may be asked to provide this information in a digital form tha…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-1

…or legal person operating an online reservation platform for the rental of hotel rooms to customers may only be concluded in the name and on behalf of the hotelier and within the written framework of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-5

…ing a given quantity of securities of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking authorised in France, may give prior notice to the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution eight…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-2

…provided for and with the persons mentioned in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-5

…itions and subject to the penalties set out inarticle 226-13 of the French penal code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial authorities acting in criminal proceedings, the civil courts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-52

…ends the seal to the court registry. Once the court clerk's office is in possession of the seal, it may immediately proceed to destroy the object or hand it over to the estates department or the Agenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-50

…at least seven days before the day of the hearing.Parties or their agents who use electronic means may be summoned to the hearing by the same means.The provisions of article R. 2333-120-42 are applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-40-5

Prisoners suffering from the mental disorders referred to in article L. 3214-3 may not be kept in a prison. On the basis of a detailed medical certificate and in accordance with the legislation in for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-5

…e with a model laid down by order of the Director General of the Centre national de gestion. Voters may only vote for an entire list without deleting or adding names and without changing the order of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

…appear in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons, however this information may not constitute a search criterion; 2° Information relating to the data recorded in the register…

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