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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-4

…e public access in electronic format to: 1° The list of geographical indications defined in Article L. 721-2, accompanied by the date and reference of publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Organised trading systems

Article R*425-1

…pproval of the rules of an organised trading system made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 425-2; 2° Requests to amend the rules of an organised trading system made pursuant to the third p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752-44-16

For projects carried out under the provisions of article L. 752-1-1, the prefect has a period of two months from the date of receipt of the publications referred to in article R. 752-44-14 to contest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Transport, search, seizure and interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article R15-41-3

As soon as a decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit or a conviction that does not impose a confiscation order has become final, the public prosecutor of the court before which the investigatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article R5212-2-4

…lication is deemed complete if, within fifteen days of receipt, the association mentioned inarticle L. 5214-1 of the Labour Code has not notified the employer of the list of missing documents or infor…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-4

…e fund provided for by legislation on accidents at work ;-the guarantee fund referred to in Article L. 421-1 ; -Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction (construction insura…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an individual basis

Article R5121-201-4

…dicinal product to a patient. This traceability also applies to the research referred to in Article L. 1121-1. This traceability supplements the requirements relating to the traceability of tissues an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-4-3

The organisations mentioned inArticle L. 2261-27-1 have one month from the publication of the notice provided for inArticle L. 2261-19 to ask the Minister to refer the matter to the group of experts.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contract duration and working time

Article R6222-49-1

…ople with disabilities designated by the apprentice training centre in application of 1° of article L. 6231-2 and, where applicable, the person in charge of guiding, informing and supporting people wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-4

…ir respective responsibilities:a) Agents or departments mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1312-1, article L. 1421-1 and the third paragraph of article L. 1422-1 ;b) Agents de contrôle de…

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