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Showing 211220 of 19750 articles for Art. CE 25-5-1988 n° 81512

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-25

…five years on the date of the incident and whose statutory purpose includes the fight against violence, insults, defamation, moral harassment, hate speech or the disclosure of information of which the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-25

The data collected in the context of article R. 40-24 may only concern the following categories: 1° Persons in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investiga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25

…onditions referred to in E of II of Article L. 1233-5 is made up of the Director General of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires or his representative, who chairs it, and staff represen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-25

…oire". The list of works qualified as "heritage and repertoire" is drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the list of art house cinematographic works prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25

Judicial reorganisation or liquidation proceedings instituted by the aforementioned law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 may only be opened in respect of a company mentioned in article L. 310-1 at the req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-25

…rehabilitation care;6° Nuclear medicine ;7° Long-term care;8° Organ transplants and haematopoietic cell transplants, with the exception of exceptional transplants subject to the additional authorisat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Text and data mining for the sole purpose of scientific research

Article R122-25

…article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at their request, with all documents and evidence, in particular the clauses of the agreements mentioned in II of article R. 122-23 and the deposit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-25

…ember of the group, the information mentioned in 5° of article D. 1253-1 and to know the reason, place and duration of the work carried out by each of the group's employees. These supporting documents…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-25

The categories of automotive spare parts from the circular economy concerned by the provisions of Article R. 224-22 are as follows: 1° Removable bodywork parts; 2° Interior trim and upholstery parts;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-25

When a request is made to the Prefect by the owner of a natural mineral water spring, in application ofarticle L. 1322-5, to prohibit work undertaken within the protection perimeter, the Prefect will…

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