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Showing 22212230 of 2841 articles for Art. 22 nov. 1989

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

…communication concerns, in particular, information held by the office mentioned in article L. 1142-22 concerning the activities of the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5 and necessary for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…005R. 613-20-1no. 2010-257 of 14 March 2010R. 613-20-2n° 2013-383 of 6 May 2013R. 613-21 and R. 613-22n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-23n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-28n° 2018-710 of 3 Aug…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 20…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…f the delegating federation concerned in accordance with the conditions laid down in article R. 331-22-1 or, failing this, the referral to the federation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-1

…are subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter II of Title IV and to those of article L. 642-22. However, the mandataire judiciaire carries out the tasks entrusted to the liquidator. In additio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-8

…nistrator or liquidator with the information that he is required to provide pursuant to article L. 622-6 within one month of the opening judgment or who has knowingly failed to comply with the obligat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…endence of chartered accountants and under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article 22 of order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des Experts Comptables and regul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

…r the tax exemption scheme provided for by articles 238 bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…R. 532-24 has been completed.In urgent cases, including where the first paragraph of article R. 532-22 has been applied, the notice period provided for in the first paragraph may be reduced, but may n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

…purchase company shares or to exercise options granted under the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177, L. 22-10-56 or L. 225-179 of the French Commercial Code. Company shares subscribed or purch…

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