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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article A142-1

The rates charged by insurance companies for retirement savings plans are based on a technical interest rate of 0% at the most. The provisions of this article do not apply to commitments governed by A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Common provisions

Article D142-1

Convicted offenders may not be granted a temporary absence from prison while serving a security period.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1421

Each spouse has the power to administer the joint property alone and to dispose of it, subject to liability for any faults he or she may have committed in his or her management. Acts performed without…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1421

The court shall rule on an appeal where the amount of the claim exceeds the rate of its final jurisdiction.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-10

Every three years, the ministries referred to in Article R. 142-1 shall carry out an evaluation of VISABIO processing resulting in a report sent to the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142

…person under investigation is ordered to provide security or sureties, such security or sureties shall guarantee:1° The representation of the person under investigation, the accused or the defendant i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Production of documents held by a party.

Article 142

Requests for the production of evidence held by the parties shall be made, and production shall take place, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 138 and 139.

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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 R142-4

The following shall have access to personal data and information recorded in the automated processing mentioned in article R. 142-1, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of their need to kn…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-3

The amount allocated to the second part of the bond that has not been paid to the victim of the offence or to the creditor of a maintenance debt shall be returned if the case is dismissed and, unless…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

Investigating and sentencing courts may, as an alternative measure to pre-trial detention, impose house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201,…

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