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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article D5843-2

…in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article R. 5721-1, the words: "of the General Council" are replaced by the words: "of the Assembl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions

Article D5843-3

…plicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of Article R. 5722-1, the words: "The provisions of Book III of Part Two" are replaced by the words:…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-41

The members of the Standing Conference on Women's Sport are appointed by order of the Minister for Sport for a period of three years. They may be reappointed once. The provisions of article 74 of law…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The National Supporters' Forum

Article D224-3

The members of the Instance nationale du supportérisme mentioned in 1° to 3° and 6° to 9° of article D. 224-2 are appointed by order of the Minister for Sport for a period of three years.The term of o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-3

A French patent may cover an invention for which a European patent with unitary effect has been granted to the same inventor or his successor in title with the same filing or priority date.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

…effect may be conferred on a European patent under the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with unitary e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

…he same invention and belonging to the same inventor or his successor in title, may not, in respect of the common parts, be the subject independently of each other of a transfer, pledge, hypothecation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-2

The entry in the register of unitary protection conferred by a patent of acts transferring or amending the rights attached to a European patent with unitary effect renders these acts enforceable again…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

The municipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article R775-3

…ble in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in th…

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