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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4

The departmental or interdepartmental councils of the order of nurses hold meetings with the departmental or interdepartmental councils of the other professional orders to examine issues common to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Taking into account the nature of services

Article R2321-4

The provisions of articles R. 2121-5 to R. 2121-7 apply.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2362-4

Where the framework agreement is awarded to several economic operators, there shall be at least three of them, subject to a sufficient number of candidates and tenders.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-4

Authorisation is granted for five years. It is renewable under the same conditions as the initial approval.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-4

The list of approved organisations is published annually by the Minister for Culture..

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-43

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially authorised for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Minister responsible for agriculture by the Ministe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-46

The requisition addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subj…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-47

The provisions of articles R. 612-29, R. 612-30, R. 612-32 and R. 613-42 are applicable to requests made and proceedings brought pursuant to articles L. 623-10 et L. 623-11.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-45

The application for authorisation to disclose and freely exploit a variety belonging to one of the species referred to in the above article before the end of the period provided for in article L. 623-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-44

With regard to applications for plant variety certificates for varieties belonging to species included in the list established by order made pursuant to article L. 623-9, the procedures provided for b…

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