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Showing 441450 of 58651 articles for Art. Décret 2002-120 du 30-1-2002

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-30

…minutes that will be placed on file.The rapporteur may place on file observations and documents produced by third parties. He may request additional documents from the parties and propose that expert…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-30

…y out further investigations or obtain additional information in order to carry out his supervisory duties, he may extend the period provided for in the first paragraph for a period not exceeding thre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-30

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

The summary data on the financial situation of the Corsican local authority, provided for in 1° of Article L. 4425-18, include the following ratios: 1° Real operating expenditure / population; > 2° Ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-30

For the application of 1° of Article R. 5121-26, where reference is made to published scientific literature, experts must justify the use of this bibliographical documentation and demonstrate that it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-30

…may transfer tissues, their derivatives, cells or cell therapy preparations to a pharmaceutical product manufacturer and to establishments or organisations authorised under Articles L. 4211-9-1, L. 5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-30

…of Directors may also, by delegation from the Board of Directors, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office, be responsible for taking out loans, within the limits determined by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-30

…under the conditions provided for the transfer of shares by l'article 19, premier alinéa, de la loi du 29 novembre 1966. If the consent to the preferential allotment provided for in the second paragra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-30

The court seised pursuant to Article L. 612-10 rules both on the merits and before the court by decisions that do not contain any analysis of the invention of such a nature as to lead to its disclosur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-30

The collection, modification, consultation and deletion of personal data and information are subject to a record including the identifier of the author, the date and time of the operation and its admi…

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