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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-3-1

…filed. The Institute may require justification of the reality of the material error to be corrected and, where appropriate, of the meaning of the correction requested.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-12-3

When the commune wishes to dispose of a property transferred from a commune section pursuant to articles L. 2411-11 to L. 2411-12-2 within a period of five years from the date of publication of the tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article LO2411-3-1

When they are entered on the supplementary electoral roll for the municipality drawn up pursuant to article LO 227-2 of the Electoral Code, nationals of a Member State of the European Union other than…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-35-1

I. - As from 1st January 2001, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 2332-2, before its budget is voted, the newly-created public establishment of intercommunal cooperation subject to the provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-3

…e promulgation of Act 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011 on reinforcing the safety of medicinal products and health products, to make available to the public on its website the designation of the active in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-32-1

The provisions of articles L. 5121-29 to L. 5121-32 and of the I of article L. 5121-33 do not apply to the Pharmacie centrale des armées, when the latter holds a marketing authorisation or exploits a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…Regional Health Agency defines the district of a municipality on the basis of its geographical unit and the presence of a resident population. The geographical unit is determined by natural or communa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-3

…compliance with recommendations for good use designed to prevent the development of risks to human and animal health associated with antibiotic resistance, established, on a proposal from the Agence…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L921-3-1

…rticle L. 123-37, farm managers subject to the criterion of the third paragraph of the same article and engaged in marine farming activities are identified separately from the agricultural workers def…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK I: TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY OF GUYANA

Article L71-110-3

…sembly of French Guyana shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between men and women concerning the operation of the territorial community of French Guyana, the policies that…

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