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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 R411-37

…t present all their substantive claims in the submissions referred to in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32. Inadmissibility may also be raised by the party against whom subsequent submission…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-18

…ncil may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équipement et de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions of practice.

Article D2122-7-2

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 30° of article L. 2122-22 of this code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals forwarded by the public accountant relat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-12

…ch: a) Carry on the occupational retirement provision business referred to inArticle 7 of Order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006; b) Or are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-336

…L. 4221-14-2, the first sentence of 1° of article L. 6213-2, B of IV and V of Article 83 of Law no. 2006-1640 of 21 December 2006 on the funding of social security for 2007 or Article 60 of Law no. 99…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition of the list of substances with proven, presumed or suspected endocrine disrupting properties and the categories of products presenting a particular risk of exposure

Article R5232-19

…o 178/2002 and substances, mixtures and articles as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1907/2006, with the exception of medicinal products, are considered to be products within the meaning of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…mmercial Code; 17° For the registration of the endorsements provided for by article 59 of order no. 2006-346 of 23 March 2006 relating to sureties.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-3

…amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operator, before benefiting from the support sche…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-1

…subject to the prohibitions provided for in articles 65-2 and 68, third paragraph, of the decree of 30 October 1935 unifying the law relating to cheques.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

…ns, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 30 March 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 21 February 1971, as well as products…

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