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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-13

In the cases provided for in Article L. 613-16, the matter is referred to the commission by reasoned decision of the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken at the request of the Minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-18-4

…the allocation, after distribution of the allocations calculated in application of articles L. 2334-16 to L. 2334-18-3, is divided between the two demographic categories in proportion to their populat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-11

…hall carry out the Part II assessment provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014 within the time limits defined in Article 20 of that Regulation. The Committee shall i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-20

…under the conditions provided for in article L. 2113-23 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, the consultative commission provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-17

…egional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the conditions set out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Actions for recovery.

Article D5424-65

…2-11, the objection of the debtor who is the subject of the constraint mentioned in Article L. 5422-16 is lodged with the court within whose jurisdiction the creditor organisation has its registered o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

Where the publishing company or the company controlling it, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, publishes several press titles, a company agreement may provide for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-5

…icle 431-10 of the Criminal Code, the judicial police officers mentioned in 2° to 4° of the article 16 of this code and, under the responsibility of the latter, the officers mentioned in the article 2…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

…9, L. 175-12, L. 175-13, L. 175-14 (first, second, fourth and fifth paragraphs), L. 175-15, L. 175-16 (second and third paragraphs), L. 175-19, L. 175-22 (first paragraph), L. 176-3 and L. 176-4 (sec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

…a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating…

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