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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

…ndustrielle 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 unitary effect and the effective date of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3a: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6523-6-1

…rtinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Article L. 6123-3 is amended as follows: 1° In the second paragraph, after the word "interested", the words…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-2

…lth establishment, in an army hospital or in one of the structures mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 1221-10 and due to the latter, of the legislative and regulatory requirements relating to the sto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

…on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code under the conditions set out in the general regulations…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-7-1

…ich it received the decision of the Competition Authority or was informed of it pursuant to Article L. 430-5, the Minister responsible for the economy may ask the Autorité de la concurrence for an in-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-1

…unicipalities whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6-1

I.- Statutory auditors registered on the list referred to in I of Article L. 822-1 are subject to a contribution based on the total amount of fees they invoiced during the previous calendar year to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-20

The report referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 225-68 includes the information defined in articles L. 22-10-9 to L. 22-10-11 as well as article L. 225-37-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-23

…r to any controlled company or company that controls it within the meaning of II and III of Article L. 233-16, the provisions of said contract corresponding, where applicable, to items of remuneration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-25

…ne, if it so wishes, the remuneration of its chairman and vice-chairman elected pursuant to article L. 225-81, under the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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