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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-1

The opposition request shall be submitted in writing in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. It…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-10

…phase or the time limit laid down in the first paragraph of Article R. 613-44-8 shall be suspended: 1° At the written request of any person establishing that an action to claim ownership of the patent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-4

The report referred to in I of article L. 3512-7 is sent to the Minister for Health no later than 1st April of the year following the calendar year in which the declared expenditure was incurred.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-5

The authority responsible for the public website shall make the reports referred to in Article L. 3512-7 public no later than 1 July of the year in which they are received. These reports remain access…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4151-1

The provisions of this Title shall apply to employers under private law and to employees. They also apply to 1° To the establishments mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article L. 4111-1; 2° Mines and quarries…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18-1

…s which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ an average number of at least two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million eur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-15-1

…f the plan are subject to a joint examination by the State, the territorial collectivity of Corsica and the associated public bodies mentioned in article L. 4424-13. The compatibility project is subje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-15-1

I. - The military ports mentioned in article R. 3223-61 of the French Defence Code and the military airfields on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Defence are points of entry subject to the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for the "multi-purpose" option

Article D6124-177-10

Care is organised in such a way that, depending on the patient's clinical condition, at least one individual or group treatment sequence is given to each patient every working day in the case of full…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article R6144-1

…n matters on which the hospital technical committee is also consulted; these matters are as follows:1° The draft resolutions mentioned in article L. 6143-1 ; 2° The strategic orientations of the estab…

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