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Showing 22412250 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

The persons mentioned in the article L. 135 ZC du livre des procédures fiscales shall respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

…nies in France. The list of these other systemically important institutions is drawn up on an individual, sub-consolidated or consolidated basis, as appropriate, by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-4

…Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 are met. For the application of this formula, taking into account the reduction allowed under Article 72b(3) of that Regulation: 1° X1 = 3.5% of the total amount of risk ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-5-1

When a new indication is authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of preclinical and clinical studies considered significant during the scien…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-4

…2-1-7 refer to any transaction credited to the customer's account by the same issuer at least twice during the thirteen months preceding the formal agreement referred to in the same article.II. - The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-4

…the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent of the health establishment in which the product in question was distributed or issued or in which the product in question was administered. The…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-4

…column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REWORD R. 314-1 to R. 314-10 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-4

The approved laboratories send the results of their analyses to the operator and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the Prefect as necessary.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The family council for adults under guardianship

Article 457

…eing present when the family council has appointed a judicial representative for the protection of adults as tutor or subrogated tutor. The family council then appoints a chairman and a secretary from…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The family council for adults under guardianship

Article 456

…third paragraph of article 402, the time limit runs, where the action is brought by the protected adult, from the day on which the protective measure ends.

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