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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-22-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure the publication, in the manner mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-21 : 1° Of the mention of the registration of the unit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-8

The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer is also responsible, in its area of operation defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 721-7: 1° Putting metal coins into circulation and carry…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-9

In order to carry out the tasks referred to in Article L. 721-7, credit institutions or finance companies established in the form of a branch or having their registered office in the local authorities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-7

In the collectivities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Banque de France carries out the tasks…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-65

In communes or groups of communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the operating board may be the municipal council. In this case, the operating board may be chaired by the mayor or by one of its me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-66

When the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2221-13 the committee of the syndicat de communes is enlarged to include outside persons to exercise the powers of the operating board, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-64

The operating board deliberates on the categories of business for which the town council has not reserved decision-making power for itself or for which this power is not assigned to another authority…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right

Article R3132-5

Industries in which materials susceptible to very rapid alteration are used and those in which any interruption of work would result in the loss or depreciation of the product being manufactured, as w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right

Article R3132-7

In addition to the categories of establishments listed in article R. 3132-5, establishments operating day and night with alternating shifts which have suspended, for at least twelve consecutive hours…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right

Article R3132-6

In the establishments mentioned in article R. 3132-5 where other industries or activities are carried out at the same time, the option of giving weekly rest by rotation applies exclusively to the prod…

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