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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-25

…shall draw up the annual accounts in the light of the inventory he has made of the various assets and liabilities existing at that date and a written report in which he gives an account of the liqui…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L442-2

References made by the provisions of this book applicable in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to provisions that do not apply there are replaced by references to provisions with the same purpose applicable lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Private security guards

Article R15-33-29-1

…r duties, private security guards are required to hold their card or approval decision at all times and to produce it to any person who requests it. He must also have the words "garde particulier" or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Private security guards

Article R15-33-27-1

…rity guard is responsible for recording, within the limits of the rights available to the principal and in application of the legislative provisions that authorise him to do so. The commission mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8-2

The fixed-term employment contract referred to in 6° of Article L. 1242-2 is concluded for a minimum period of eighteen months and a maximum period of thirty-six months. It may not be renewed.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-23-1

The plant variety certificate shall be declared null and void, by court decision, if it is established that: 1° Either it has been granted to a person who was not entitled to it, unless it is transfer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-3

…public or private law may obtain a compulsory licence under the conditions set out in this article and in Article L. 623-22-4. The application for a compulsory licence is made to the judicial court i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-1

…d that the invention constitutes, in relation to the plant variety, a significant technical advance and is of considerable economic interest. The applicant must prove that he has not been able to obta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-4

The rights attached to a compulsory licence may not be assigned or transferred except with the undertaking or part of the undertaking to which they are attached.This assignment or transfer is, on pain…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3rd Subsection: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 223 O

…ble in respect of each financial year:a. Tax credits attached to income received by a group company and which did not give entitlement to the application of the parent company regime referred to in Ar…

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