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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-21

…uent procedural act; 4° Of any grant of one of these titles; 5° Of the acts mentioned in Article L. 613-9; 6° From the date of authorisation mentioned in Article L. 611-3 with an indication of the cor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-21

The doctor may waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14 when, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the therapeutic alternatives to the transpla…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-25

…cessary for the performance of their duties up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not exceed one hundred and twenty hours per year for each of them. This time is considered as wo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of the joint regional inter-trade committee

Article L2411-25

…e who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only take place after authorisation from the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is also requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-25

…including those prepared on an ad hoc basis as referred to in 4° and 5° of the I of Article R. 5126-9, the in-house pharmacy may organise, on the basis of an agreement, with an establishment or body…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…o have not made use of the option of choosing a name under the conditions of the previous paragraph may make such a declaration when applying for the transcription of the record, at the latest within…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 136

…or appearance warrants, committal warrants, detention warrants, arrest warrants and search warrants may give rise to disciplinary sanctions against the investigating judge, the liberty and custody jud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-4

The request for an opinion referred to in IV of Article L. 612-23-1 must be sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution no later than two months and no earlier than six months before…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies authorised to grant and manage advances

Article R5141-25

…a business and those defined by articles L. 511-1 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code may be authorised. These organisations are audited by a statutory auditor, as defined by articles L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-136

…bution auditors are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7. The provisions of article R. 22-10-8 are applicable in the case of contributions in kind.In…

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