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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The general rules booklet

Article R4251-8-1

In terms of the economical management of space and the fight against the artificialisation of land, territorialised rules ensure that the objectives are applied to the different parts of the region id…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-83-1

A société civile professionnelle (non-trading company) formed by the conversion of a société d'exercice libéral (non-trading company) holding an office must be approved by order of the Minister of Jus…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-3

Pharmacy pharmacies and pharmacies for internal use providing onward dispensing of medicinal products provide each patient undergoing self-treatment and each user of self-tests using perforating medic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-4

The public prosecutor immediately informs the file manager of decisions to acquit or acquit in proceedings that have given rise to registration in the file once they have become final. The investigati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-2

The recording in the file of the personal data provided for in 1° to 4° of Article 706-53-2 is carried out by the public prosecutor. The recording of the personal data provided for in 5° of Article 70…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-8

No one may be appointed to issue payment notices for the post-parking charge or continue to carry out this activity if they do not meet the following conditions:1° Be of French nationality or a nation…

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

Article R53-8-36

The examining magistrate, or his clerk, shall proceed with the deletion of the data entered in the file in the event of a decision to dismiss, terminate or release the judicial supervision.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L771-8

Debtors domiciled in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin come under the jurisdiction of the Guadeloupe over-indebtedness commission.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-2

The French Anti-Doping Agency is authorised to create an automated personal data processing system to facilitate the exchange of information relating to Therapeutic Use Exemptions between this Agency,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-9

The head of the medical department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage, deputised where necessary by the scientific adviser to the President of the Agency, is responsible for compliance…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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