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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-19-1

…the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property referred to in Article R. 411-19 shall be that of the place of residence of the person lodging the appeal.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° quater : Tax reduction for investments in social hotel residences

Article 199 decies I

…troduced for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010, a dwelling forming part of a social purpose hotel residence defin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article R1424-19-1

…duties and who acts as interim director in the event of the director's post becoming temporarily vacant.He is also assisted by the chief medical officer of the health subdirectorate and the heads of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-19

…will have an extract of this decision published, at the beneficiary's expense, in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the department.The same applies to the prefectoral certificate in the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to the clinical selection of deceased donors

Article R1241-19-3

All the information collected during the clinical selection of donors in application of II, III and V of article R. 1211-13 is recorded in a document, the purpose of which is to detect any antecedents…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

If secure detention is not extended or is terminated pursuant to articles 706-53-17 or 706-53-18 and if the person presents risks of committing the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-3

The rights resulting from the allocation of free shares are non-transferable until the end of the vesting period. In the event of the death of the beneficiary, his heirs may request the allocation of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…raordinary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R3123-19-1

…al council and training courses contributing to the acquisition of the skills necessary, where applicable, for his professional reintegration at the end of the mandate.Training courses relating to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R4135-19-1

…r's mandate and training courses contributing to the acquisition of the skills required, where applicable, for professional reintegration at the end of the mandate.Training courses relating to the exe…

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