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Showing 201210 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-55

The chairman and vice-chairman or vice-chairmen must be members of the town council.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Filing of instruments of incorporation

Article A123-55

…nt institutions shall file the deeds listed in 1° of Article R. 123-103 in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 123-102 et seq.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…in 1° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 for marketing authorisation applications under a national procedure, a mutual recognition procedure or a decentralised procedure for which France acts as the refer…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-55

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-55

…ithout just cause, it may give rise to damages, except when the Chief Executive Officer assumes the duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. When the Chief Executive Officer ceases or is prevente…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-55

…e person. The responsible person is responsible for: 1° Ensuring that advanced therapy medicinal products used in the context of research mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1121-1 are manu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

The second to last paragraphs of Article 695-23 shall not apply to the surrender procedures mentioned in this section. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of the same Article 695-23, the sur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-4

Portfolio management companies shall set a target for balanced representation of women and men among the teams, bodies and managers responsible for making investment decisions. The results obtained ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-55

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall decide on the application within seven months of the date of receipt of the complete file. Failing…

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