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Showing 29712980 of 63423 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1021 of 3-11-2023

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-3-3

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 821-12-5 of this code and in I of article L. 631-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the staff of the High Council, as well as all natural or leg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the transfer of the second-hand medical device certifies that it has undergone regular maintenance in accordance with the provisions of article R…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R122-3

The amount of remuneration referred to in article R. 122-1 is made up of all the salaries, bonuses, allowances, benefits in cash or in kind, whether regular or exceptional, received by the sportsmen a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-3

For the application of the provisions of articles 39-1 and 39-2 of this code, the public prosecutor is an ex officio member of the territorial cooperation bodies for the prevention of delinquency ment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-30

The collection, modification, consultation and deletion of personal data and information are subject to a record including the identifier of the author, the date and time of the operation and its admi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-34

Without prejudice to the application of Article 44 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, the Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie shall jointly re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-33

I.-The right to object provided for in article 38 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms does not apply to this processing operation. Any person iden…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-31

The processing of personal data is subject to the control and monitoring provided for in articles 230-8 and 230-9. Requests for rectification or deletion of data from interested parties may be address…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-32

The implementation and updating of the processing operation shall be supervised by a senior public prosecutor, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assisted by a committe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-3

The increase or modification of the obligations may be ordered by the sentence enforcement judge, after obtaining the opinion of the prison integration and probation service..

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