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Showing 52915300 of 41666 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-42-2

…ion, the regional inspecting magistrates or the coordinating magistrate mentioned in Article R. 811-40.The inspectors may receive observations from the presidents of the civil and commercial courts of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

…art of the contract has not been included in the calculation of the guaranteed capital or annuities due to the absence of a net asset value. II.When one or more units of account mentioned in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-4

…e applicable, information relating to long-term conditions on the list referred to inarticle D. 160-4 of the Social Security Code, and occupational diseases; d) Where applicable, information relating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

…she has failed to comply with the obligations incumbent upon him or her under 1°, 2°, 3°, 8°, 9°, 14°, 17° and 17° bis of article 138. The person may then, on the decision of a judicial police office…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-4

Only operators meeting the conditions defined in this article may organise and conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction and electronic auctions.I.-If a natural person, the operato…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions concerning the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 111-52 and Article L. 111-67 of the Energy Code

Article D2224-40

…om transmission resulting from the application of the network usage tariff mentioned in article L. 341-2 du code de l'énergie, by type of end user according to voltage range and maximum power subscrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…35; 3° A ban on civic rights, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-26 of the same code; 4° Temporary or permanent disqualification from practising one or more regulated healthcare professi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-43

…motion or at the request of the sentenced person, decide, by order made in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 712-8, on the recommendation of the public prosecutor, to terminate early t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-4

The procedures for implementing service at a bailiff's office provided for by Article 558 are specified by this article. The bailiff may, at the request of the addressee, forward the copy of the writ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article D711-41

…establishments, infrastructures, facilities and services managed by the chambers of commerce and industry in the region concerned.They set out the main objectives pursued and the procedures for imple…

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