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Showing 11111120 of 34927 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 22-D-10 du 12 Apr 2022

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare.

Article R331-22-1

The organiser of a sporting event on an approved permanent circuit must obtain the opinion of the relevant delegated federation before submitting his declaration file to the administrative authority.T…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-22

…etitors to overtake, where this is possible. In the case of a course on which vehicles travel individually, the width may be reduced to at least 2 times the maximum width of the vehicle. The track mus…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-22

When a merger directly or indirectly involving a person subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is the subject of an in-depth review pursuant to the last par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-22

…f which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be declared to the mayor of the commune in whose territory this wo…

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

Article 2-22

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose includes the fight against slavery, human trafficking, procuring or social a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-22

…same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 522-1 and L. 522-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-22

…same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 522-1 and L. 522-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 J…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-22

…national gendarmerie within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the whole of the national territory are as follows:1° The s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-22

…companies which are disappearing may act as of right as founders of the new companies and the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions governing limited liability companies. In all cases,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-22

…model, checking the ongoing appropriateness of its specifications, and comparing the results it produces with data derived from experience. The model validation process includes an effective statisti…

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