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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-19

Any entry made in the National Designs Register shall be mentioned in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: 1° A certificate of ident…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-13

The eleven representatives of the State are appointed as follows, by order of the minister responsible for local and regional authorities, issued jointly with the minister concerned where applicable:1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-11

The standing committee comprises :1° Three representatives of the State chosen from among the members of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie ;2° Six members of the Conseil supérieur, full members o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II : Determination of the remuneration of the salaried entrepreneur of a cooperative of activity and employment

Article R7331-11

The remuneration provided for in article L. 7332-3, fixed in the contract, is made up of: 1° A fixed portion paid monthly, the amount of which is determined on a flat-rate basis according to the minim…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-13

Within four months of receiving the application for approval, the Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Safety and Accessibility and, in the cases provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-127

When a member requests his withdrawal from the company by selling all his shares or corporate units, the procedure shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of ArticlesR. 743-44,R. 743-12…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-125

The application for renewal of the parallel import authorisation must be submitted no later than three months before the expiry date of the parallel import authorisation. It must be accompanied by a d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-122

If the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé remains silent for a period of forty-five days from the date of receipt of the complete application a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-10

In the case provided for in 3° of II of article L. 217-24, the department mentioned in article R. 217-7 notifies the professional of his new formal position, at least two weeks before it takes effect.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R261-1

For the application of article R. 15-33-29-3 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the references to the General Local Authorities Code provided for by this article are replaced by references to the…

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