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Showing 55215530 of 59993 articles for Art. 1-3-1995

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-36

Renunciation of a plant variety certificate is made by means of a written declaration. It is formulated to the person in charge of the missions of the national plant variety authority by the owner of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-38

The person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority keeps a Register of applications for plant variety certificates and a National Register of plant vari…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-37

A breeder whose rights may be forfeited pursuant to 1° and 2° of the first paragraph of Article L. 623-23 shall be given formal notice to put an end to this situation by means of a notification sent t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-39

Applications for plant variety certificates are entered in the register of applications in chronological order, immediately after the application is filed. For each application, the entry includes in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-3

The insurance allowance is calculated either on the basis of the remuneration previously received, subject to a ceiling, or on the basis of the remuneration used to calculate the contributions referre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-3

Unless otherwise provided for in the table below, the usual seat of the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal.COURS D'APPELJUDICIAL COURTS s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-37

I.-The National Council is composed of sixty members appointed for a term of four years, including all the presidents of the regional companies and the elected statutory auditors. Half of the members…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-38

If a seat on the National Council becomes vacant before the normal date of renewal, it shall be filled within three months by the best-placed candidate on the same list at the end of the ballot, if ne…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-39

In the event of absence or impediment, the members of the National Council elected within the two colleges are replaced by the first available candidate from the same list who is best placed at the en…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-36

The Conseil national des commissaires aux comptes is based in Paris.

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