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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-19

…individuals with regard to personal data within the meaning of Chapter V of Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK V RELATING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

Article L771-1

…600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014, No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, No 2019/2033 of 27 November 2019, No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020, No 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 and 2022/858 of 30…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII: Conditions of application in Overseas France of Book V relating to service providers

Article R771-1

…600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014, No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, No 2019/2033 of 27 November 2019, No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 and Delegated Regulation No 2015/61 of 10 October 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-5

…ity, under the conditions provided for in Articles 12, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

I.-In the case of assignment of the exploitation right, where the author has suffered a loss of more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1

If the accused does not consent to be tried forthwith or if the case does not appear to be ready for trial, the court, after hearing the submissions of the parties and their counsel, remits the case t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Equity securities

Article L228-36

Companies limited by shares belonging to the public sector, cooperative companies constituted in the form of a public limited company or a limited liability company, public limited companies for low-c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-3

The presentation report shall also include, where applicable, the following information: 1° The reasons for using the award procedure without prior advertising or competitive tendering or the competit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Greater Paris Metropolis

Article 1656 bis

I. - 1° Les dispositions du présent code, applicables aux établissements publics de coopération intercommunale soumis à l'article 1609 nonies C, apply to the Greater Paris metropolitan area.For the ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-133

The maximum period of suspension of the possibility of obtaining equity securities by exercising rights attached to securities giving access to the capital, provided for the application of Article L.…

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