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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article D411-19-2

…ns referred to in article R. 411-19 are determined in accordance with table XVI appended to article D. 311-8 of the code de l'organisation judiciaire.When the person lodging the appeal lives abroad, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-3

The authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of Article D. 15-1-2 is issued by the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal after approval has been granted, as appropriate, by the Direct…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-3

…r is the subject of an enforcement order issued by the public prosecutor in accordance with article D. 48-2-4.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-3

…ppointed and until the end of the fifteen-month period mentioned in the second paragraph of article D. 1442-10-1. The Conseiller prud'homme shall inform his employer of his absence for the training pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Company or establishment agreements

Article D2232-1-2

…reements are sent to the address of the joint committee mentioned in the third paragraph of article D. 2232-1-1 after deletion by the most diligent party of the surnames and first names of the negotia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-11-4

…th Code, taking into account in particular: 1° The scope of activity expenditure defined in article D. 3112-11-2 of this Code; 2° The centre's activity over the last three years. When the centre has b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-114-14

…thority, the necessary acts, notifications and enforcement measures under the conditions of article D. 71-114-4;3° To notify the administrators of the expiry of leases;4° To prevent prescription;5° To…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-14

…hority, the necessary deeds, notifications and enforcement measures under the conditions of article D. 71-104-4;3° To notify the administrators of the expiry of leases;4° To prevent prescriptions;5° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-10

…eir professional integration. This assessment is carried out by the employers of the people concerned. Compliance with the criteria set out in article D. 5132-43-9 is assessed by the Prefect when the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-3

For the application of the provisions of article D. 4311-52-2, the information collected and sorted by the nurses' association is kept by it for a period corresponding to the provisional registration…

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