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Showing 22712280 of 2822 articles for Art. 22 avr. 1980

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-1

…giene services which, on the date of entry into force of section 4 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22nd July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7th January 1983 relating to the division of powers bet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-4

…of interest as defined in this chapter. II.The authorities and bodies mentioned in articles L. 1142-22, L. 1222-1, L. 1313-1, L. 1413-1, L. 1415-2, L. 1418-1 and L. 5311-1 of this Code and inarticle L…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…m decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 2192-35 D. 2196-5 and D. 2196-6 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15 D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22 In Book IIIIn Title VIID. 2371…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

…ng is considered to be normal if it:1° Has a total living area of at least:a) in zones A bis and A: 22 m² for a household without children or two people, increased by 10 m² per person up to eight peop…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-5

…for the foreign national mentioned in Articles L. 421-23, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 423-15, L. 423-22, L. 424-1, L. 426-1 ; 3° At the latest, two months after the date of their eighteenth birthday, i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article A311-2

…by the person's activity with regard to the resolution objectives mentioned in I of Article L. 311-22. However, in the event of a significant change in the person's business or risk profile, the supe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1881-1

…n of article D. 1621-1, the words: "including the various increases provided for in article L. 2123-22 of the same code" are deleted.III.-For the application of article R. 1621-8-1, the words: "or art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R753-9

…laid down for contracts of the same nature governed by articles 28 and 37 of amended decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration" are deleted;".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R4134-1

…uth and popular education associations approved by the Minister for Youth pursuant to the décret du 22 avril 2002 pris pour l'application du premier alinéa de l'article 8 de la loi n° 2001-624 du 17 j…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

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