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Showing 18411850 of 66331 articles for Art. 1844-5 and C. com. Art. L. 223-4

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-5

…in the country of which they are nationals without this term exceeding that provided for in Article L. 211-4.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-5

…artment may, in the event that this has not been done by the president of the departmental council, and after formal notice has remained without result, exercise the powers devolved to the president o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5

…decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the public service mission of permanence of care mentioned in article L. 6314-1. Its procedures, drawn up in association with representatives of healthcare professionals,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-5

Before the end of either of the periods mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 614-4, the prohibitions provided for in the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister for Defen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-5

I. - The territorial public establishment, in place and stead of its member municipalities, shall automatically exercise competences in the areas of:1° Urban policy:a) Drawing up a diagnosis of the te…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-4

…e or its public establishments for which the special nature of the techniques, the small number of candidates with the required skills, reasons of secrecy or reasons of imperative urgency or crisis do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-5

…ediately forward to the State representative in the department or, in Paris, to the police prefect, and to the departmental commission for psychiatric care mentioned in article L. 3222-5 any decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance from local authorities and their groupings

Article L1522-5

The contribution to the members' current account referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 1522-4 is allocated within the framework of an express agreement between the shareholder local authori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-5

…çais du Sang is administered by a Board of Directors, half of whom are representatives of the State and half of whom are representatives of health insurance organisations, health system user associati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2 : Programme and estimated financial budget for the project

Article L2421-5

The consequences of changes to the programme and the estimated financial envelope are taken into account by a contractual amendment to the public works contract, in accordance with the provisions of C…

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