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Showing 18911900 of 2822 articles for Art. 22 avr. 1980

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-35

…illed by the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 of this Code.Article L. 225-102-1 of the French Commercial Code is applicable, under the conditions laid down for the compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-7

Overall emergence in a given location is defined as the difference between the ambient noise level, including the particular noise in question, and the residual noise level, made up of all the usual o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Publication of the writ of attachment

Article R321-7

Publication formalities are governed by decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration and decree no. 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 implementing this decree. When the execution of the pub…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-25

…order a forced sale under the conditions set out in the third and fourth paragraphs of article R. 322-22.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-23

Decisions taken by the mayor pursuant to article L. 2122-22 are subject to the same rules as those applicable to deliberations by municipal councils on the same subjects. Unless otherwise stipulated i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1

…cle L. 212-1, are listed in the table presented in annex II-1, in the table annexed to the order of 22 January 2016 setting the list of qualifications acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-26

…of the Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities mentioned in article A. 142-22 . The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected simultaneously by each of the two colleges concerned…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

…rtificate of qualification listed in Annex II-1 to this code, in the table attached to the order of 22 January 2016 fixing the list of diplomas acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table attache…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-3

…accordance with paragraph 14 of Article 7 and Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE), the transfer of the registered…

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