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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-6

…itute the upper limit of expenditure that may be committed for the execution of investments. They remain valid for an unlimited period until they are cancelled. They may be revised.Payment appropriati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-212

The assets of a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise governed by articles L. 214-164 and L. 214-165 may include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-90

The authorisation referred to in article R. 5132-88 may only be granted to a natural person. In the companies mentioned in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1, authorisation may be requested for the phar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-88

I.-The marketing authorisation holders and the companies mentioned in article R. 5142-1 may only issue free samples of veterinary medicinal products to veterinarians who make a prior written request.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-4

Where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et de produits santé finds that advertising for an in vitro diagnostic medical device, which is not covered by the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-23

In companies that are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 du code du travail, when the owner of a business wants to sell it, the employees are informed, and no later th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-1

Infringement of the rights of the database producer may be proven by any means. To this end, any person entitled to act under this title shall be entitled to have any bailiffs, assisted by experts app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-4

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate ass…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-27-1

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate ass…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-5

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropria…

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