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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the declaration of appeal.

Article ANNEXE, art. 42

The statement of appeal provided for in Article 901 of the Code of Civil Procedure must mention the names of the representatives of the respondents at first instance.In the case provided for in the se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-40

I. - A general purpose investment fund may not borrow.It may, however, acquire foreign currency by means of cross-currency loans.II. - By way of derogation from I, a general-purpose investment fund ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-4

The technical assistance is monitored and evaluated by a committee which draws up an annual activity report made available to the public in dematerialised form by the department.The committee includes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-1-4

When the protocol is used for the follow-up by the orthoptist of a patient whose visual pathology has already been diagnosed, without an ophthalmological examination being carried out on the same day,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-4

I.-The management costs of the commissions may not exceed a ceiling determined in the agreement on objectives and resources. These costs are defined on the basis of requests submitted by the joint int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-4

In the event of an individual disagreement regarding the application of the provisions of articles R. 6153-2 to R. 6153-2-3, R. 6153-10 and D. 6153-10-1, the resident shall refer the matter to the dir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-4

I. - On the basis of the information referred to in article R. 5121-76-3 and the scientific knowledge available, as well as, where applicable, the information transmitted in application of article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2a: Local protocols

Article D4011-4-1

I.-The director of the establishment or regional hospital group declares the implementation of a local cooperation protocol mentioned in I of article L. 4011-4 to the director general of the regional…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-4-1

I.-The holder's right does not extend to: 1° Acts performed on a private basis for non-professional or non-commercial purposes; 2° Acts performed on an experimental basis; 3° Acts performed for the pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-4

The obligations set out in Article L. 451-1-2 do not apply to the following issuers: 1° The States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and their local authorities; 2° The European Cen…

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