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Showing 51215130 of 13520 articles for Art. Rapport d’activité CEPC 2002-2003

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-57

A preliminary search report is drawn up. It cites the documents that may be taken into consideration to assess the patentability of the invention, which is the subject of the patent application. It is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-15

I.-The information mentioned in I and II of article L. 22-10-9 is made available to the public free of charge on the company's website for a period of ten years. Without prejudice to the third paragra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Business secrecy.

Article R463-14

…years old at the time of the decision on the application, unless, in exceptional cases, the general rapporteur decides otherwise.As part of the investigation by the Competition Authority, the rapporte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-10

I.-Unless the shareholders of the companies involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions set out in II of this article, one or more merger commissioners, appointed by court decision an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

Each commune in the overseas departments receives an allocation under the equalisation grant mentioned in III of article L. 2334-23-1 calculated on the basis of its population, multiplied by a synthet…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-16

I. - Pursuant to article L. 2311-1-2, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system submits an annual report to the municipal council or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-9

I. - Pursuant to article L. 3311-3, the president of the departmental council shall present to the departmental council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D4311-7

I. - Pursuant to Article L. 4311-1-1, the President of the Regional Council shall present to the Regional Council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

I.-In application of article L. 4425-3, the President of the Corsican Executive Council presents an annual report to the Assembly of Corsica on the situation with regard to equality between women and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-110-3

I. - Pursuant to article L. 71-110-3, the president of the assembly of French Guiana shall present to the assembly of French Guiana an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between wo…

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