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Showing 65516560 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article D594-4

Assistance by a foreign language or sign language interpreter may, where appropriate, be provided by means of telecommunication, in accordance with the provisions of the penultimate paragraph of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-4

…ated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take a decision, on an individual or sub-consolidated basis within the meaning of 49 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-4

I.- Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 4234-5-1, the chairman of the Disciplinary Board of First Instance may, if he considers that the dispute so warrants, convene the Disciplinary Board in a r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-4

…and makes public, on its website, an annual activity report including this data. The operating procedures for the telephone anti-solicitation mechanism, the conditions under which companies have acces…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-4

Natural persons who are tied agents of investment service providers, as well as natural persons who have the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as tied agents of investment service…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-5

The judge shall rule on the choice of the person to be empowered and the extent of the empowerment, ensuring that the proposed arrangement is consistent with the property and, where applicable, person…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…ame II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Article 34 are exempt from income tax o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Surface fresh water used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption

Article R1321-42

…its for raw water set by the decree mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 may not be used for the production of water intended for human consumption. However, the use of water of such quality may excep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-49

I.-The person responsible for the production, distribution or conditioning of water uses, in new installations or parts of installations undergoing renovation, from the point of withdrawal from the re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-4

…the manufacturer or importer of movable property to the professional seller, relating to the period during which or the date until which spare parts essential for the use of the property are available…

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