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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-22

The parties are required to constitute a lawyer.The constitution of the lawyer entails election of domicile.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

…aw of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. An agreement between the State and French Polynesia shall define the terms and conditions of this provision."

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-22

…nt order of the minister responsible for local authorities, the minister responsible for the budget and the minister responsible for overseas departments and territories.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-22

…n particular: 1° The reciprocal commitments contributing to coherence between common law employment and vocational training measures and the specific measures adopted by the association, and the finan…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-22

Any amendment to the Articles of Association must be decided by a majority of three quarters of the votes of the members present or represented. The adoption or amendment of by-laws is decided by the…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-22

If the employee accepts the reclassification leave, it begins on expiry of the response period provided for in article R. 1233-21.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-22

…lection of the representatives of the communes, public establishments of inter-communal cooperation and mixed syndicates takes place within three months of the renewal of the municipal councils and th…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Safety of healthcare establishments in the event of power system failure.

Article R6111-22

The safety of healthcare establishments in the event of a failure in the energy network is ensured under the conditions set out in sub-section 1 of section 4 of chapter II of title III of book VII of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-22

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, young people aged between eighteen and thirty may receive financial assistan…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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