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Showing 441450 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-7

I.-In accordance with article 48-1, the retention period for personal information and data recorded as part of criminal proceedings is ten years from the last recorded update; this period is extended…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Non-clinical activities

Article R6152-826

…rk of their service obligations and the missions entrusted to them, practitioners in sections 1 and 3 may carry out non-clinical activities, defined in accordance with the establishment's project, the…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1b: General provisions relating to the hosting of personal health data

Article R1111-8-8

I. - The activity of hosting personal health data referred to in I of Article L. 1111-8 consists of hosting personal health data collected in the course of prevention, diagnosis, care or social and me…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-5

The granting of aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, on aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-8

…to its right to apply to the administrative court pursuant to articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 or L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, any person detained in a prison in application of this Code…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-85

…e granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-89

…amount of aid may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 30 June 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 June i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5a: On the transmission and enforcement of freezing orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 695-9-30-2

It shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in articles 695-9-22 and 695-9-24 of this Code for the application of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-117-6

…referred to in this section, previously authorised in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 321-1, enters into a reinsurance treaty and obtains the agreement of the Autorité de contrôle pruden…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Keeping the register

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-6

Documents attached to the association's declarations are kept in an attached file or on electronic media.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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