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

Article D15-5-1

When the requisitions provided for in Article 60-1 relating to information from a computer system or processing of personal data are sent to one of the bodies or persons mentioned in Article R. 15-33-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-5

The Institute has the capacity to borrow from financial institutions. All loans are subject to the approval of the ministers responsible for the budget, research and health.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5211-13-5

For real estate acquisitions made in administrative form by public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, a deposit may be paid to the seller, upon expiry of the periods open for taking regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5-1

Private practice in public hospitals pursuant to articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-7 of the Public Health Code is subject to the practitioner's adherence to the national agreement referred to in article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…lidation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete documen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-5

In the absence of a joint decision by the supervisory authority on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, within a period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Document retention periods

Article R2223-55-1

…are kept for a period of five years by the régies, companies or associations mentioned in l'article L. 2223-23.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-2

…practitioners may be placed on assignment with the National Management Centre mentioned in article L. 453-1 of the General Civil Service Code, for a maximum period of two years. During this period, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

I.-Text and data mining, within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 122-5, means the implementation of a technique for the automated analysis of texts and data in digital form in order to extract informa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-4

I.- The duties and contributions mentioned in article L. 621-5-3 are liquidated, authorised and recovered according to the procedures laid down for the revenues of the State's public administrative es…

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