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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article D2122-5

…of mayors in the national colours conforms to the following model: "On a background of blue, white and red enamel bearing "MAYOR" on the white and "R.F." on the blue; surrounded by two boughs Vert, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5

…ancières de professions libérales. Where the legal form of practice is a company, the share capital and voting rights may be held by any person practising a legal or judicial profession or by any pers…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-50

…s set by this section are clear. The day of the act or decision which causes it to run, on the one hand, and the last day, on the other, shall not be counted. Any time limit which would normally expir…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-52

…to provide security, which must be deposited before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailiff, the latter must, before proceeding with the seizure, give the holde…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-54

Decrees of the Minister responsible for agriculture issued after consultation with the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority will specify, as n…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-53

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27-1 and given to the applicant to appeal on the merits is twenty working days or thirty-one calendar days, whichever is longer, from th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-51

…whose jurisdiction the operations must be carried out. The order shall be issued on simple request and on presentation of the plant variety certificate, or in the case provided for in Article L. 623-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Chairmanship

Article R6143-5

…ends when he ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board. Voting is by secret uninominal ballot and requires an absolute majority of the votes cast. If this majority is not achieved in the first t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-5

Candidates who hold certain French or foreign diplomas or qualifications may be exempted from one or more of the professional tests or units that make up the pharmacy technician vocational diploma (br…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-5

Interest obtained in respect of provisions for court-appointed experts is paid to the Registrar of the Commercial Courts into the Office's business bank account. Those obtained in respect of sequestra…

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