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Showing 941950 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-22

…ommittee responsible for analysing the annual summary published by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of the reports produced by the external quality assessment bo…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
9° Tax credit for video game creators

Article 220 terdecies

…s subject to corporation tax or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22

…ets of the co-contracting investor or of the collective investment. The content and disclosure procedures for this communication are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. III - Where a person subject t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…counts of a financial year closed between 31 December 1986 and the opening date of a financial year during which the company became a member of the group ;c) The undeducted net financial charges refer…

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

Article R228-22

The special report of the company's statutory auditor drawn up pursuant to article L. 228-19 includes its opinion on the company's compliance with the special rights attached to preference shares and…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-22

…raineeship is held at least once a year. The conditions of organisation, the programme and the procedures for the examination, which includes written and oral tests covering artistic, legal, economic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-22

For the application of the provisions of Article 712-9, if the sentenced person has not made a declaration of address to the sentence enforcement judge, the address in the proceedings file is deemed t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-22

I. - A bill of exchange may be drawn: 1° At sight; 2° At a certain sight period; 3° At a certain date period; 4° On a fixed day. II. - Bills of exchange, either at other maturities or at successive ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-22

…als involved in this care, under conditions defined by decree. This decree also determines the procedures for exchanging the personal health data required for cross-border care, as well as the identif…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-22

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree referred to in Article L. 812-3 is as follo…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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