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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article R2573-58-1

Each year, the Local Finance Committee sets the categories of eligible priority operations and determines the applicable subsidy rates for each of them. The Local Finance Committee sets the categories…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article R2573-58-2

The Local Finance Committee, in accordance with the choices made pursuant to Article R. 2573-58-1, distributes the territorial allocation for investment by the communes between the communes of French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-5

By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5212-35-4, where the second-hand medical device being transferred has never been put into service, the file is composed solely of the following e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario (Commission for scriptwriting and rewriting grants)

Article 212-49

The Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario is made up of seventeen members, including a chairman and two vice-chairmen, appointed for a renewable term of one year from 1st Se…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance or revocation of title

Article R613-49

The application provided for in Article L. 613-22, seeking a declaration that the rights attached to a patent application or patent have lapsed, shall be submitted in writing. A reasoned decision is t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-46

The technical files containing the information relating to the search for and identification of asbestos-containing materials provided for in articles R. 1334-22, R. 1334-27 and R. 1334-28 of the Publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-11

…l health or the environment, he shall immediately inform the European Medicines Agency for the application of the Community arbitration procedure. In exceptional cases, where the Director General of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-9

…nce nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail or the applicant for marketing authorisation may refer the matter to the European Medicines Agency with a view t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-10

In specific cases of Community interest, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail or the applicant shall refer the matter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-12

At the end of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5141-47-9 to R. 5141-47-11, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sani…

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