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Showing 26012610 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223 quinquies A

The legal persons designated in 2 of Article 218 A may be invited, by the tax department, to designate within ninety days of receipt of this request, a representative in France authorised to receive c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-22

A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions and procedures for the application of this section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-22

…raining, visits, correspondence, the exercise of religion and permission to leave under escort or mobile electronic surveillance. He may only impose such restrictions on the exercise of these rights a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-22-1

…hairman of the panel called upon to reach a decision may decide, with the agreement of the person subject to the disciplinary procedure, that the deliberations will be organised by means of an audiovi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Training in health, safety and working conditions

Article L2315-22-1

The health, safety and working conditions training courses provided for in article L. 2315-18 may be paid for by the skills operator under the financial section mentioned in 2° of article L. 6332-3, i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-22

Persons who bring into France a vehicle that is not normally based in France or in a State referred to in article L. 211-4 must comply with the insurance obligation if they are in possession of a vali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-22-1

Any sale of a business and any realisation of assets must be preceded by publicity, the terms of which are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat according to the size of the business and the natu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-22-2

…r the application of the third paragraph of the article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the public prosecutor may, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-22-1

At the request of one fifth of its members, the departmental council deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked with gathering information on an issue of departmental…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 22

The proxy proves his mandate by a power of attorney deposited in the minutes of the notary. At the request of one of the parties or the notary, the power of attorney must be authenticated.

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