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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-49

…his/her possession, he/she believes to be related to the activities mentioned in 2° of I of Article R. 2142-39 reports it without delay to the local correspondent of the structure that was involved in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article R811-42

…He may also ask the statutory auditor who carried out the audit of his accounts pursuant to article R. 814-29 or a chartered accountant of his choice, to attend the inspection.The hearing of a receive…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-4

…tion unit may cover all or part of one or more départements under the conditions set out in article R. 8122-6.Sub-departmental, departmental or inter-departmental control units and inter-regional cont…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-4

…ned by each registrar in which protests received are entered, in date order and under an order number. This register is divided into nine columns intended to receive: Column 1: the serial number, whic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-46

…loitation may be granted under the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of article R. 623-45. The Minister for Defence may notify the Minister for Agriculture at any time of the lifti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest or administrative detention

Article R753-4

…ty by the French Office for Immigration and Integration under the agreement provided for in article R. 744-19 and, if necessary, by a doctor from the administrative detention centre's medical unit.Aft…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-4

…term of three years. He is assisted by a secretary general appointed by order of the budget minister. The Director General, assisted by the Secretary General, is responsible for the management and ge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-4

…duces the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 624-1 and the third paragraph of article R. 624-3. These provisions apply when the juge-commissaire is called upon to rule on a disputed clai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The National Council

Article R821-40

…by secret ballot, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the last two paragraphs of Article R. 821-58 and for four years, a chairman, a vice-chairman and six members, who constitute the bureau…

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