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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519-2

Leave due under 1° of article R. 6152-519 may not be carried over to the following year, unless exceptional authorisation is granted by the director of the establishment after consulting the head of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1111-3

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company:1° Apprentices ;2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-4

…icle L. 411-1. Appeals against these decisions are suspensiveIn the exercise of these powers, it is not subject to the supervisory authority. Appeals against its decisions shall be heard directly by t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle is a public establishment with legal personality and financial autonomy, reporting to the Minister responsible for industrial property.The mission of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…of its mission as the single body mentioned in Article L. 123-33 of the French Commercial Code are not included in the revenue to which the ceiling mentioned in the first paragraph of this article ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-3

The administrative and financial organisation of the Institute is laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-5

…vocation of trade marks or on an opposition against a patent for invention.These decisions shall be notified to the applicant and, where appropriate, to the other parties, in the forms and within the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Scope and definitions

Article L511-1

…unication, is also considered to be the distribution of insurance. II.-The following activities are not considered to be the distribution of insurance or reinsurance within the meaning of I: 1° The pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-6

Military health professionals attached to a foreign army who do not meet the conditions for practising in France as determined by this Part may only perform on French territory the acts of their profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article L4061-7

Military health professionals belonging to a foreign army who, although they do not meet the conditions for practising in France as set out in this part, hold a speciality diploma allowing them to pra…

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