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Showing 19711980 of 24245 articles for Art. 1843-4

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-43

I. - The departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation is made up of :1° 50% by mayors, deputy mayors or municipal councillors elected by proportional representation on the basis of the highe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-4

I. - The board of directors of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation is made up of:1°A majority of its members are representatives of local authorities or their groupings,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-4

At the request of the Minister for Health, the Agency acquires, manufactures, imports, stores, transports, distributes and exports the products and services needed to protect the population from serio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4

Within two months of publication of the application for registration, an opposition may be filed with the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle against an application…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-49

Each test includes :1° Where applicable, informing the person in charge of the test of the athlete's use of the health products defined in Article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code, in particular me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4

The following are required to apply without delay the freezing measures and prohibitions on making available or using the assets provided for in this chapter and in Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-4

I. - Candidates are required to make a signed declaration stating their surname, forenames, date and place of birth, gender and domicile.This declaration must also state the surname, forenames, date a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-4

A register shall be opened by each registrar in which protests received are entered, in date order and under an order number. This register is divided into nine columns intended to receive: Column 1:…

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