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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-17

The following may be contributed to a société civile professionnelle, in ownership or in enjoyment: 1° All intangible, movable or immovable rights, in particular, if applicable, the right for a partne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-11

…ion visit to which the employee is entitled is an individual one. The main purpose of the visit is: 1° To ask the employee about his state of health; 2° To inform him of any risks to which he may be e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-14

…for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product contains the following information: 1° The name or corporate name and address of the future holder of the marketing authorisation and, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-15

…ion who chairs it, the Supervisory Board comprises the following members who have the right to vote:1° Three representatives of the State:a) The rector of the academic region or his representative ;b)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-18

The budget documents are accompanied by an appendix, in particular:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the Corsican regional authority and its public establishments;2° A list of assistance g…

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

Article R612-13

…he description shall be presented under the conditions and in the order provided for in Article R. 612-12 unless the nature of the invention allows for a different, more intelligible and concise prese…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-10

…on following its renewal, the Assembly of Corsica establishes its budgetary and financial regulations. The budgetary and financial regulations of the Corsican regional authority specify in particular:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R1132-1

…shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Genetic Counsellors Commission referred to in article R. 1132-4-1, issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 1132-3, in the light of an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-1

…ons, shall result in the suspension or withdrawal of the authorisations provided for in articles L. 1233-1, L. 1234-2, L. 1242-1, L. 1243-2, L. 1243-4, L. 1243-6, L. 1245-5 and L. 1245-5-1. Withdrawal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-1

…whose purpose is to cover supplementary occupational pension commitments, as defined in article L. 143-1, commitments entered into by an association mentioned in article L. 144-2 and supplementary pe…

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