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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-22

The managing service shall proceed with the deletion of data entered in the directory: a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-22

Exchanges of information between competent authorities shall be made by any means that leaves a written record and under conditions that enable the recipient to verify the origin and authenticity of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-22

…the authentication instruments that have been allocated to him. They check the secure registration of their vote by the electronic voting system. The transmission of the vote and the voter's signatur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-22

…budgets are sent or made available, for approval, to the supervisory authority within fifteen days of their adoption by the general meeting, according to practical procedures defined in agreement wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-22

The groupings that the territorial chambers of commerce and industry and the regional chambers of commerce and industry are authorised to form between themselves for the defence of special and common…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-22

The Board of Directors prepares the annual budget and the strategy for running the national network of approved associations of users of the healthcare system, which are submitted to the General Meeti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-22

The employer keeps an up-to-date list of workers likely to be exposed to artificial optical radiation exceeding the exposure limit values defined in articles R. 4452-5 and R. 4452-6. This list shall s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Boundaries and signs

Article R4451-22

The employer shall identify any zone where workers are likely to be exposed to levels of ionising radiation exceeding: 1° For the whole body, assessed on the basis of the effective dose: 0.08 millisie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-22

Authorisation to set up on the market of national interest is given by its manager. It is preceded by appropriate publicity. It may be: 1° Either an authorisation to occupy exclusively a developed sit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-22

…onsumer in a legible and comprehensible manner on any durable medium, and at the latest at the time of delivery of the goods. It specifies the content of the commercial guarantee, the procedures for i…

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