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Showing 791800 of 44208 articles for Art. Loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-15

…uthorities so requests, the General Rapporteur may authorise agents of that authority to be present during the acts of investigation. II.-The General Rapporteur may initiate an investigation in order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-152

…definitions shall apply 1° "Adverse reaction": a noxious and unintended response to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 ; 2° "Serious adverse reaction": an adverse re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-15

If, on expiry of a period of two years from notification of the grant, the operation for which it was awarded has not begun to be carried out, the Prefect will declare that the decision to award the g…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

…corporate rights in companies or groupings falling within the articles 8 to 8 ter, whose assets are mainly made up of real estate or rights relating to such property, are subject exclusively to the ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-15

…account only;3° An aggregated presentation of the results for the last known financial year for the main budget and the local authority's ancillary budgets. This document is attached to the administra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-15

…utility certificate application into a patent application, within a period and according to a procedure specified by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-15

The ballot paper may not contain, on pain of nullity, a number of names greater than the number of titular seats, and where applicable of substitutes, of candidates to be filled, nor any sign of recog…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Explanations provided to the borrower

Article L312-15

…or may give the right, free of charge, immediately or in the future, to a premium in the form of products or goods, the value of this premium may not exceed a threshold set by order of the Minister fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-15

…hout the authorisation of the proprietor of the later patent. Where the owner of a patent cannot exploit it without infringing an earlier patent owned by a third party, the court may grant him a licen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-5

Only staff specially and individually authorised for this purpose may consult data processing systems during an investigation or enquiry. This special and individual authorisation may be verified at a…

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