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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-73-3

The decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle rejecting the application to amend the patent referred to in Article R. 612-73 may be the subject of the annu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-32

…osal of all or part of the assets of a person subject to its supervision, pursuant to 4° of Article L. 612-33, the Autorité may order any issuing or depositary company or entity, in accordance with th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

…applicable any additional documents submitted as long as the authorisation provided for in Article L. 612-9 n'est pas acquise. These shall be presented to them within a period of fifteen days from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-13

…tiel et de résolution" account kept in the books of the Banque de France in accordance with Article L. 612-18, additional allocations decided by the General Council of the Banque de France and expendi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-43

The Committee secretariat shall immediately notify the member concerned of the request for recusal and inform the Committee Chairman. No later than the day before the meeting provided for in Article R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-19

…e Civil Code ;2° Authorise, with regard to the recovery of the contribution provided for in Article L. 612-20, the granting of grace periods pursuant to Article L. 247 of the Book of Tax Procedures.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-20-1

…s relating to the authorisation or empowerment of the persons referred to in 2° of A of I ofArticle L. 612-2 and decisions relating to the authorisation of credit institutions providing investment ser…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-14

The costs of resources and services, other than those provided directly by a supplier, provided by the Banque de France to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, and charged to the latt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.

Article R612-1

The non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity, mentioned in article L. 612-1, are required to draw up annual accounts and to appoint at least one statutory auditor and one alternate…

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