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Showing 421430 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 22

The agents of the State services responsible for forests, the agents on duty at the Office national des forêts as well as those of the public establishment of the Domaine national de Chambord, commiss…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The general time limit and its starting point.

Article 2224

Personal or movable actions shall be barred after five years from the day on which the holder of a right knew or should have known of the facts enabling him to exercise it.

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

Article R2224-22-1

The declarant completes the declaration within one month of completion of the work by notifying the mayor:1° The date on which the work was completed;2° Any changes made to any of the elements of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222-1

…he dissemination of this nomenclature by means of an electronic medium, in accordance with the procedures determined by order of the Minister responsible for the economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-220-1

Within the register, the entities listed in 1° to 6° of Article R. 123-220 are referred to as legal units.Within the register, an establishment is any place where the legal unit carries out all or par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2286

A right of retention on the thing may be exercised by:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO PART TWO

Article Annexe 22-1

…tice is located ...,OrBetween the health establishment ..., located ... and the family planning or education centre, represented by Mr or Mrs ...,Orand the health centre, represented by Mr or Mrs ...,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R712-22-1

In accordance with 4° of article L. 711-8, the regional chamber of commerce and industry shall distribute the proceeds of taxes of all kinds allocated to it by law, after deducting the share that cove…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220

…e articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis, received by the company or legal person shall be deducted from the amount of tax payable by it under this chapter.However, the deduction to be made in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R2123-22-1-D

…wn council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in article L. 1621-4 a statement of e…

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