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Showing 11111120 of 8668 articles for Art. CE 21-12-2022 n° 459476

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Right of access and request for rectification or deletion

Article R53-21-18

If the requests provided for in Article R. 53-21-11, the public prosecutor shall inform the register management department, which shall immediately rectify or delete the data, depending on the case. I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-21-3

…rd the results of the technical inspection to the Labour Inspection inspector as soon as they are received.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-21

…ciétés de participations financières de profession libérale set up, pursuant to article 31-1 of law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-23

No interconnection, matching or linking within the meaning of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne peuvent être effectués entre le fichier prév…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Searching the directory

Article R53-21-8

…all also include the result of the check carried out by the department managing the file in accordance with article R. 53-21-4. If the person concerned was born outside mainland France or if his or he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-12

Any medical device placed on the market or put into service in France must bear the CE mark certifying that it meets the conditions set out in article R. 5211-17. However, CE marking is not required f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Cooperation with the Commission de Régulation de l'Energie and the bodies responsible for physical agricultural markets

Article L621-21-1

…ons laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013. They shall provide each other with information relevant to the performance of their res…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

…ster: 1° Information relating to the person him/herself : surname, forename(s), gender, date and place of birth of the person, nationality(ies) as well as, where applicable, alias(es), change of name(…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

…magistrate in charge of the department managing the file or, with his authorisation, by persons placed under his authority and specially authorised by him. It may be used for statistical purposes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article D3324-21-2

When a beneficiary requests payment of the profit-sharing in accordance with the provisions of article R. 3324-21-1, the undertakings shall make this payment before the first day of the sixth month fo…

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