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Showing 37713780 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-47

…ubmit written observations in which he refutes the indications given by the National Institute of Industrial Property to amend his divisional application. If the applicant has not submitted observatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-49

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (4°, 5°, 6° and 8°), the applicant is notified of the decision and the reasons for it. The not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-46

…ication will indicate the time limit set for the applicant to regularise his filing or pay the fees due. It may be accompanied by a proposal for regularisation. This proposal is deemed to have been ac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-48

…submit written observations in which he refutes the objection made by the National Institute of Industrial Property. If the applicant has not submitted observations, or if he has not limited his cla…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-45

…d of two months from the date of receipt of the notification to submit observations or pay the fees due as referred to in 2° of this article by paying the corresponding fee plus the prescribed surchar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Substantial changes to research.

Article R1123-42

…by the competent authority and the favourable opinion of the Committee for the Protection of Individuals and have a significant impact on any aspect of the research, in particular on the protection o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Substantial changes to research.

Article R1123-44

…o enable it to reach a decision on the application. In this case, it will inform the sponsor of the duration of and reasons for the extension. If the competent authority considers that the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Substantial changes to research.

Article R1123-43

The Committee gives its opinion under the conditions set out in Article R. 1123-23. If the Committee's opinion is unfavourable, the sponsor may not implement the modification to the research.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-4

The deeds constituting the security established in the name of a provisional beneficiary and, where applicable, the deeds ensuring its publicity specify that the provisional beneficiary is acting eith…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article R4434-4

For the application of the provisions of V of Article L. 4332-9, the population to be taken into account to calculate the share intended for the overseas regions is that calculated in respect of the y…

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