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Showing 371380 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article L3121-22-1

…ndar year preceding the year of the general renewal of the departmental councils. The rules of procedure set out the rules for submitting and examining the request to set up the mission, its operating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-22-1

…ed on up-to-date information and on reasonable assumptions as to the risks incurred by the customer during the term of the proposed contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-1

The dispositions de l'article 11 du code de procédure pénale ou celles relatives au secret professionnel ne font pas obstacle à la notification d'informations relatives à un contenu illicite aux perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

…f his failure to appear;2° Having been informed of the date and place of the trial, he was defended during the trial by a counsel, appointed either by himself or at the request of the public authority…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-22

The commission comprises two chambers.The creation of additional chambers may be decided by the vice-president of the Council of State, on the proposal of the president of the commission.The chamber p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article R812-22-1

The provisions relating to the disciplinary procedure before the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires and those relating t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-22

Natural or legal persons practising as court-appointed administrators or judicial representatives may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2531-22-1

…of Article L. 2531-6.This request relates exclusively to the transmission of information collected during the collection of the mobility payment relating to the applicant's area of jurisdiction and p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22-1

The sentenced person may challenge the decision of the representative of the public prosecutor's office before the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal: 1° To automatically for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

…228-12, as well as the amount of the distributable sums or the reserve from which this premium is deducted.

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