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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-2-1

I.-The following are subject to the principle of extended producer responsibility pursuant to Article L. 541-10 of the Environmental Code , operators or importers of medicinal products, manufacturers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-77

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-10

At any time during the observation period, the court, at the request of the debtor may order the partial cessation of business.Under the same conditions, at the request of the debtor, the administrato…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-44

The decisions of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledge…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Waiver or limitation

Article R613-45

The request for renunciation or limitation shall be made by a written declaration. Subject to its admissibility, it may be presented by the proprietor of the patent at any time, even when the effects…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-32

I.-Public officials and magistrates seconded to the joint departments defined in Article R. 822-12 or made available to these departments and employees of the Institut national de la consommation may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

I. - For the second five-yearly review of undeveloped properties the rental values are obtained by applying adjustment coefficients to the rental value of the properties, as it results from the previo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Processing asylum applications

Article R591-12-1

For the application of Chapter I of Title III of this book in Mayotte: 1° In Article R. 531-2: the words: "twenty-one days" are replaced by the words: "seven days" and after the words: "to lodge", the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-23

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2-1

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment on behalf of the Regions are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for the current y…

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