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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-1

By way of derogation from Article L. 623-4, for the species listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights and for other species that may be listed by d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-13

…ed commune. He may be responsible, in the delegated commune, for the enforcement of police laws and regulations and receive from the mayor the delegations provided for in articles L. 2122-18 to L. 212…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Admission to trading

Article L424-4

The operator of the multilateral trading facility shall establish transparent rules concerning the criteria for determining which financial instruments may be traded on its facility. When a financial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2315-6

…the attention of the Social and Economic Committee by the employer, under conditions determined by regulation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-1

The provisions of this Title apply to 1° European Companies with registered offices in France incorporated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) n° 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-2

…to a monthly ceiling which is identical for all categories of beneficiaries. This ceiling is set by regulation but may not be less than twice the ceiling used to calculate social security contribution…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-1

…in multidisciplinary teams. The professional qualification requirements for these staff are set by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-3

…aragraph reads as follows: "It may only be carried out in a body authorised for this purpose by the regulations applicable locally. " 3° The last sentence of the last paragraph is deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-7

…odies of a collegiate nature, and in accordance with the procedures defined by the ordre's internal regulations.

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