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Showing 13511360 of 64513 articles for Art. L. 133-4 et R. 133-3

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35-3

…data collected in the course of the same investigation under the conditions provided for in Article L. 621-10-2 at the end of their retention period shall give rise to a report drawn up by AMF investi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-3

A challenge may be requested by the person against whom the complaint has been lodged or by his representative.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-4

Any breach of the information obligations mentioned in articles L. 111-7, L. 111-7-2 et L. 111-7-3 of this code and in II of the article 15 of law no. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 relating to the status of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Delivery, supply and transfer of risk

Article L241-4

Where the trader has not reimbursed all of the sums paid by the consumer under the conditions set out in article L. 216-7, this sum is automatically increased by 10% if repayment is made no later than…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Bed and breakfast

Article L324-4

Anyone offering one or more guest rooms for rent must have made a prior declaration to the mayor of the municipality in which the property is located.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Automatic processing of personal data entitled "Support for assessing the minority of persons declaring themselves to be minors and temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family".

Article R142-42

…temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family (AEM), referred to in Article L. 142-3, is governed by Articles R. 221-15-1 to R. 221-15-9 of the Code de l'action sociale et des…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Automated processing of personal data known as the "Automated Fingerprint File".

Article R142-41

The automated processing of fingerprints, referred to in Article L. 142-2, is governed by Decree no. 87-249 of 8 April 1987, as amended, relating to the automated fingerprint file managed by the Minis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-45

…access to personal data and information recorded in the processing operations mentioned in article R. 142-43 :1° The mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseill…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-46

The implementation of the processing mentioned in article R. 142-43 by the mayor of the municipality of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, by the district mayor is subject to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article R121-4

The implementation of the missions of the French Office for Immigration and Integration is the subject of a contract of objectives and performance concluded with the State.

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