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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R*617-2-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 617-2-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Protection of technical knowledge

Article R*622-3-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 622-3-1, the filing is deemed to have been rejected.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-7

…blic action provided for in the third paragraph of Article 7 and the second paragraph of Articles 706-25-1 and 706-31 applies;-thirty years when the proceedings relate to an offence to which the limit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-4

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13 Jul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R*431-6-2

The provisions of article R. 322-26 are applicable to the representatives of the French State on the Board of Directors of Caisse centrale de réassurance (1). The mandate of member of the Board of Dir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Judicial public interest agreements

Article R15-33-60-4

At the end of the hearing referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article 41-1-2, the order of the president of the court is immediately notified to the legal representatives of the legal entity and, wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…otal assets of less than 30 billion euros and which carry out any of the activities mentioned in 3, 6-1 and 6-2 of article L. 321-1, reaches or exceeds 30 billion euros, both calculated as an average…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6232-7

…e-counting operations and the proclamation of results, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6213-1:1° Article R. 63 relating to the organisation of the count;2° Article R. 64 relating to the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-7

…process of counting the votes and declaring the results, under the conditions set out in Article D. 6313-1, the following articles of the Electoral Code: 1° Article R. 63 relating to the organisation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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