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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-4

I.-In application of 12° of article L. 122-5, and subject to the provisions of II and III of this article, the performance or reproduction of extracts of works may be made without the authors' authori…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55-1

…e professional activity of an industrial property attorney, in an academic or professional context; 5° By publishing works of a legal or economic nature related to the professional activity of an indu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-4

…urt in order to provide input for the work of the regional conferences referred to in Article D. 48-5-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-2

…nd validation of professional experience designed to encourage the practitioner to change direction;5° Support measures implemented by the Centre National de Gestion.The personalised professional deve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

…rosecutor;4° A decision that the person is not criminally responsible on grounds of mental disorder;5° An indictment, where the investigating judge has ordered the decision to be entered in the ; in c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

For the purposes of the second paragraph of Article L. 356-23, events presenting one of the following characteristics are at least considered as major events within the meaning of Article L. 355-5: a)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-2

…auditor of internal control weaknesses that it has identified. Addressees and form of communication 5. At such times as the statutory auditor considers appropriate, the statutory auditor shall communi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-5

…4° The address of the website where the file can be consulted and the enquiry register filled in; 5° The places, days and times when the enquiry commissioner will be available to receive comments fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…e company issuing these units or shares meets the conditions mentioned in 2° of B of 1c of article 150-0 D of the General Tax Code, the rights transferred being understood to be the units or shares de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-2

I.-The nominative lists referred to in Article L. 4311-15 include nurses who hold a training qualification or authorisation to practise required to practise the profession, and who are employed by pub…

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