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Showing 801810 of 64391 articles for Art. s. L. 145-40-2 + R. 145-35

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-35

Where a call for competition is made by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, access to the consultation documents shall be provided as soon as possible and no later than the d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-35

…eriod, the retention of guarantee shall be reimbursed within thirty days of the date of their removal.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-35

The mediator shall be chosen on the basis of his or her skills and experience in relation to his or her role.The mediator shall ensure that any conflict of interest situations in which he or she is or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-35

…may be increased during the existence of the company with or without an increase in the share capital.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-35

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall notify the parties to the proceedings of his written observations by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. He s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-35

…wner of the patent application or patent. It is automatically entered in the National Patent Register. In the case of a patent application, the entry shall not be made until the said application has b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-35

…ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. The Minister responsible for the economy may lay down the methods of analysis or testing and samp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R744-35

Reasons shall be given for any refusal of access by a journalist to a place of detention.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-35

The Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés (National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers) draws up its own rules of procedure governing the way in which it and its executive committee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-35

The time limit for creditors to object to the capital reduction is one month from the date of filing, at the commercial court registry, of the minutes of the deliberation that decided on the reduction…

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