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Showing 45214530 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Deletion of data from the file

Article R50-64

The department managing the file shall proceed with the deletion of the data entered therein: a) On expiry of the time limits laid down in Article 706-25-6 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6

Metropolises, urban communities, conurbation communities and communities of communes are administered by a deliberative body composed of representatives of the member communes appointed under the cond…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-6

…ultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés and the comité consultatif du secteur financier, sets out the procedures for collecting, recording, storing and consulting the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6224-6

The provisions of articles D. 6222-6, D. 6222-7 and D. 6222-9 do not apply to medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…d shares in a société anonyme or a société par actions simplifiée whose corporate purpose is the production of renewable energy or renewable or low-carbon hydrogen as defined in article L. 811-1 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dissolution and provisional suspension (R).

Article R2121-6

In the event of the provisional suspension of the town council provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2121-6, the prefect shall immediately report to the Minister of the Interior.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-6

…ten nature of the mediation process; 7° The non-binding nature of the outcome of the mediation procedure; 8° The circumstances in which a dispute cannot be handled by the mediator. If this information…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article L313-60

…verned by this section, the lessor shall be entitled to demand, in addition to the payment of rents due and unpaid, compensation which, without prejudice to the application of Article 1231-5 du code c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-6

…4021-5.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the tasks and bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-6

Any person who has obtained authorisation from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Académie nationale de médecine, may prepare a…

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