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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-14

…it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements of the state of the art which may be taken into consideration to assess, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2214-3

Each year, when the Finance Bill is discussed, the Minister for Health publishes a report on demographic developments in the country and on the application of the provisions of this Title.This report…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1199-1

…e will send the juvenile court judge who made the decision or who has been delegated jurisdiction a report on the minor's situation and progress at the intervals set by the decision or, failing that,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-19

…or in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26, the text of the proposed resolutions, the managers' report and, where applicable, the statutory auditors' report are sent to the shareholders at least f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.

Article R232-13

Within four months of the end of the first half of their financial year, companies whose shares are admitted, in whole or in part, to trading on a regulated market, shall attach and file with the Auto…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Performance of obligations under the agreement

Article R15-33-60-7

Where the agreement provides for the implementation of a compliance programme, the public prosecutor communicates the validation order and the agreement to the department responsible for its control.T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Payment Security Observatory

Article R142-27

…The Observatory is convened by its Chairman. Its meetings are not public. Each year, it submits a report to the Minister for the Economy and to Parliament, adopted by an absolute majority of its mem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for storing documents.

Article R1131-20

…nsent and the duplicates of the prescription for the examination of genetic characteristics and the commented and signed medical biology analysis reports are kept by the prescribing doctor in the medi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Government auditors and financial activities audit mission

Article D615-3

The Government Commissioners appointed to a body pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 615-1 shall ensure that the body, either directly or through its subsidiaries or the establishments over which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D3141-32

…to calculate holiday pay is the quotient of the amount of the last pay paid to the employee in the reporting company that last employed him/her by the number of hours worked during the period thus re…

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