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Showing 10311040 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-11

The identification of a person by his or her genetic fingerprints may only be sought:1° In the context of investigation or enquiry measures carried out in the course of legal proceedings;2° For medica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

…tioned in the same article, according to the rules and subject to the guarantees and sanctions applicable to the collection of contributions from the general social security scheme based on remunerati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…claration filed under conditions and deadlines set by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooper…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…ster for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

…prosecutor of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the offence was recorded, so that the latter can assess the appropriate action to be taken ; 2° Issue the enforcement order increasing the amount…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-16

…he Director General of the national gendarmerie and the Regional Director of Customs or, where applicable, the Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights respectively; 3° With regard to the recep…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax intended to finance sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance benefits under the social protection scheme for non-salaried farmers

Article 1613 ter

…onsideration, in France, outside the collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Clipperton Island, in respect of this first d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

…ken out by an employer or a group of employers;c) To the supplementary pension scheme set up by the Caisse nationale de prévoyance de la fonction publique and to other supplementary pension schemes, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-16

…regulations that may lead to misstatements in the financial statements.3. It also defines the implications for the auditor's opinion of cases of non-compliance with legal and regulatory texts likely…

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