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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…83-1260 of 30 December 1983 as amended.-Research teachers governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6 June 1984 as amended and research teachers belonging to specific bodies listed in the appendix to the sai…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-1

…016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 723-1 to R. 723-8 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 724-1 Resulting from Decree no. 2017-896 of 9 May 2017 R. 724-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-23

…by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 764-24 and 764-25. When considering relying on one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 3°,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-1

…y any natural person or legal entity authorised by the Articles of Association.V. - Articles L. 214-24-29, with the exception of its penultimate paragraph, to L. 214-24-42, L. 214-24-45 and L. 214-24-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article R4134-26

…e that may be allocated to a regional economic and social councillor, as defined in article R. 4134-24, increased by a coefficient of 1.9. The members of the bureau of the regional economic, social an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-145

A general-purpose professional fund may invest in the assets mentioned in article L. 214-24-55 under the conditions and within the limits set by a Conseil d'Etat decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-25

…upon wholesaler-distributors to supply pharmacies with the receptacles mentioned in article R. 4211-24, and to collect and transport these receptacles to their storage site.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L214-27

Unless otherwise provided, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-26-2 apply to private equity funds.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-23

…ion pursuant to Article L. 1221-14; 3° ter The payment of compensation pursuant to articles L. 1142-24-7, L. 1142-24-16 and L. 1142-24-17 ; 4° The payment of the compensation provided for in article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-50

Agents, appointed or confirmed in their post, who perform or have performed one of the functions referred to in articles R. 2223-42, R. 2223-43 and R. 2223-44 for a period of twelve months from 10 May…

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