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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article A212-3

…he training programme is defined by the training organisation following the assessment. Positioning can be used to tailor training courses to individual needs, by adapting content and duration.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article R2192-3

An Order of the Minister for the Budget, appended to this Code, defines the technical procedures for submitting, transmitting and receiving invoices on the public invoicing portal in application of Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-37

…f the object of the ex officio licence is the exploitation of an invention covered by a patent application, the disclosure and free exploitation of which are prohibited by application of articles L. 6…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-33

Amendments to the terms of the exploitation licence requested either by the patent holder or by the holder of this licence shall be decided and published in accordance with the procedure prescribed fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-39

…for by article L. 613-20, the expropriation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, shall be notified by the Minister responsible for industrial property to the owner…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-30

A copy of the licence application is notified by the Minister responsible for industrial property to the owner of the patent and, where applicable, to the licensees of the said patent. The latter shal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-36

Following the notifications provided for in the preceding article, the owner of the patent application or patent shall make known to the Minister for Defence, by registered letter with acknowledgement…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-32

Proceedings to set the fees provided for in Article L. 613-18 shall be brought before the Paris judicial court. In these proceedings, the summons shall be served on a fixed date.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-31

…nt, to the licensees and to the beneficiary of the licence applied for. It shall be entered automatically in the National Patent Register.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-35

…property granting the licence sets out the conditions, taking into account the elements of the application specified above. It is immediately notified by the Minister responsible for industrial proper…

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