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Showing 28212830 of 31943 articles for Art. R. 145-21

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…d on the free movement of such data, in particular via the teleservice website mentioned in Article R. 5132-1-19. II-The rights of access and rectification, as well as the right to limit processing, p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Issuing copies to third parties

Article R168

…concealment is carried out when it has been decided, for these persons, in application of articles R. 111-13 of the judicial organisation code. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may also…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of statements and briefs

Article R223

…Justice has jurisdiction to deal with memoranda relating to the costs provided for in 9° of Article R. 92 when the requisition has been transmitted by the national platform for judicial interceptions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-1

The opinion or decision of the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial shall mention, where applicable, the option for the petitioner to apply directly to the Commission for a new authorisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-2

Commercial companies which, at the close of a financial year, have three hundred or more employees or whose net turnover, at the same time, is equal to or greater than 18,000,000 euros, are required t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Companies authorised to grant certain guarantees

Article R518-69

The granting of partial guarantees by companies approved on the basis of article L. 313-21-1 or by companies selected to contribute to the creation of activities or the development of jobs within the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Issuing copies to third parties

Article R170

…f the investigation or the presumption of innocence, or for one of the reasons mentioned in Article R. 168.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Fishery products

Article R412-29

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of the Council of the European Communities of 21 June 1989, as amended,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

The purchaser may award a contract without prior publicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not poss…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-1

…ooks is added on 21 March each year, if that is a working day, or on the first working day thereafter. The list of unavailable books is drawn up by a scientific committee reporting to the President of…

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