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Showing 811820 of 41666 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Control and prohibition of collective water misting systems

Article R1335-22

If the Prefect, on receipt of a referral from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, considers that one of the requirements resulting from articles R. 1335-16 to R. 1335-20 has not been c…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-3

…h child under article 22-1 and who was not born in France has the option of repudiating this status during the six months preceding his majority and during the twelve months following it. He exercises…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-22

The health care organisation in which the activities defined in 1° of Article R. 2142-1 are performed must have a doctor experienced in ultrasound and an anaesthetist-resuscitator. In addition, the es…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-22

…xception of the reports mentioned in b, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: a) Any report of an incident or risk of incident made to the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-22

I-The following are authorised to investigate and record, in the performance of their duties, infringements of the provisions of Book IV and the infringements and breaches referred to in Articles L. 5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-22

The functionalities and approval procedures for the process enabling placement under mobile electronic surveillance are determined by the dispositions de l'article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

Article 220 undecies

I. - Companies subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax reduction equal to 25% of the amount of sums paid in respect of cash subscriptions made between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

…on of 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 thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-22

…ulations of the national Union set out the other tasks and the organisational and deliberation procedures of the Board of Directors. They also stipulate the number of its members and their alternates,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-22

…ommittee responsible for analysing the annual summary published by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of the reports produced by the external quality assessment bo…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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