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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-13

…to the performance of the duties of the national plant variety authority are made up of: operating and equipment expenses, including those relating to the remuneration and travel expenses of the staf…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-10

…issions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority are:receiving, registering and examining applications for plant variety certificates and objections to the issue of certificate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-1

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in this chapter, the regional councils of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion may be empowered to adapt laws and regulations in the territory o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Realisation of the pledge and purging of registered claims.

Article R143-1

…s has not taken place at public auction in accordance with articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself from the proceedings of regis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-10

…t least ten days apart, in two legal announcement media in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company's bonds are admitted to tradi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-11

The objection of a non-bonding creditor, provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, must be lodged within thirty days of the last publication of the notice referred to in article R. 229-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-19

…8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)". The application contains a detailed account of the personal and current conditions of detention that the applicant considers to be contrary to human dignity. It…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-18

The head of the prison shall take all steps to inform prisoners of the possibility of lodging an appeal on the basis of article 803-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-12

The Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences is the chief authorising officer for credits entered in the Prime Minister's budget for the Committee. He may de…

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