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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-2

…L. 1121-4 and L. 1121-15 do not apply to non-interventional research involving cosmetic or food products where such research is included in a list established by order of the Minister for Health afte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-16-2

If the population is exposed to asbestos fibres as a result of human activity, the representative of the State in the département may, in the event of a serious health hazard, order the implementation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-16-1

If, on expiry of the deadline set in the formal notice pursuant to article L. 1334-15, the owner or operator of the built property has not implemented the prescribed measures or has not had an expert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

…ed with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial Property may lodge an appeal wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-3

A French patent may cover an invention for which a European patent with unitary effect has been granted to the same inventor or his successor in title with the same filing or priority date.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

Unitary effect may be conferred on a European patent under the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

A European patent with unitary effect and a French patent application or a French patent with the same filing date or the same priority date, covering the same invention and belonging to the same inve…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-2

The entry in the register of unitary protection conferred by a patent of acts transferring or amending the rights attached to a European patent with unitary effect renders these acts enforceable again…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163-0 A

…ditional contribution thus obtained by four. The net exceptional income is understood to be after deduction, where applicable, of the deficit recorded in the same category of income, the overall defic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis G

…nsferable business creator share warrants issued under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-91 and L. 228-92 of the French Commercial Code, to members of their salaried staff, to their manag…

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