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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-4

…ched to a compulsory licence may not be assigned or transferred except with the undertaking or part of the undertaking to which they are attached.This assignment or transfer is, on pain of nullity, su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

1. Venture capital companies, management companies of venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds falling under article L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-2

Cross-border service providers send the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, depending on their situation:1° Registration declarations intended for the tax services and social security bodies;2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4452-20

…draw up a workstation notice for each workstation or work situation where, according to the results of the risk assessment defined in section 4, workers are likely to be exposed to artificial optical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-26

The supervisory authorities of the territorial or, where applicable, regional chambers of commerce and industry participating in the grouping check that the representatives have been appointed in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-23

…inister any establishments used for trade and industry under the conditions set out in Article R. 712-28 and within the limits of the powers defined by the decree provided for in Article R. 711-22. Wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-29

…eral meeting meets whenever it is convened by its chairman, on his own initiative or at the request of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry. The chairman also…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R711-2

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry are established by decree on the proposal of the minister responsible for their supervision.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-28

The grouping's bureau comprises a president, a secretary and a treasurer.To take account of local particularities, the missions of the interconsular grouping and the number of chambers making it up, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-27

The representatives of the territorial or regional chambers of commerce and industry other than the chairmen, who are ex officio members, are elected for five years. However, if their chamber is put u…

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