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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Publication

Article R2131-19

Notices intended for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be sent electronically to the Publications Office of the European Union. The purchaser shall retain proof of the da…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-19

When the consultation documents for global contracts provide for the submission of services, they indicate the amount of the premium that will be paid to tenderers as well as the conditions for its re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-19

The purchaser chooses the winner or winners of the competition on the basis of the jury's minutes and opinion and publishes a notice of the results of the competition under the conditions set out in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

Capital amortisation is carried out by virtue of a stipulation in the Articles of Association or a decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-19

The holders of preference shares, formed into a special meeting, have the option of appointing one of the company's statutory auditors, if any, to draw up a special report on the company's compliance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-19

The statutory clauses referred to in articles L. 227-13 and L. 227-17 may only be adopted or amended unanimously by the shareholders. The statutory clauses mentioned in articles L. 227-14 and L. 227-1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-19

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence for the exploitation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, whether such ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-19

I. - The following are not patentable:

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-19

Any application for a patent or any patent shall give rise to the payment of annual fees which must be paid no later than the date fixed by decree in the Council of State.Where payment of an annual fe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-19

The Minister responsible for defence is authorised to take cognisance at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, on a confidential basis, of international applications for the protection o…

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