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Showing 48414850 of 41666 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-4

…e determines the location of the market of national interest.The prefect may remove in advance or reduce the reference perimeter thus established.The modification of the enclosure of a market of natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-4

In the départements mentioned in article L. 3114-5, the provisions of this book do not apply to examinations carried out in places far from any medical biology laboratory with a view to diagnosing and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-41

…ce with the following functional groups: 1° Expenditure : Group 1: fixed assets. Group 2: capital reduction and other expenditure. Group 3: debt repayment. Group 4: write-backs of provisions. 2° On th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-41

In the cases provided for by 4° of Article 706-25-4, informing the person and providing the document provided for in article R. 50-38 are made, under the conditions set out in the third and fourth par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article L461-4

The Autorité de la concurrence shall have investigation departments headed by a rapporteur general appointed by order of the minister responsible for the economy after consulting the college. These de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: National Food Council

Article D824-4

…umer or user defence associations; b) The college made up of ten representatives of agricultural producers; c) The college made up of nine representatives of processing, including at least one represe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-40

…an amending decision when : 1° One of the titles or chapters on the list mentioned in article R. 6145-14 is insufficiently funded; 2° Expenditure incurred on an account that may not have been allocat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 44-1

…y, the mayor may propose to the public prosecutor that one of the measures provided for in articles 41-1 or 41-3 of this code be taken. He shall be notified by the public prosecutor of the action take…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-4

Except in cases where the communication or consultation of these documents is necessary for the exercise of the rights of defence of a defendant, the General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-4

When applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register of Commercial Agents, the Special Register of Sole Proprietorships with Limited Liability or the National Regis…

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