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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-40

The duration of the technical preparations provided for in Article R. 612-39 is set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. This decision is publishe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-40

…m him that he has a period of three clear days from receipt of the report in which to inform them whether he requests the implementation of an expert report provided for in this sub-section.If, within…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-40

At the request of the successful bidder, the judge in charge of property seizures shall record the purging of the mortgages taken on the property and order the cancellation of the corresponding regist…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Basis and rate of the flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-40

The flat-rate tourist tax is payable by landlords, hoteliers and owners who accommodate the persons mentioned in article L. 2333-29 for consideration as well as by other intermediaries when these pers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-40

…eliberates on the total amount of appropriations it proposes to include for this purpose in the budget of the commune or the City of Paris for the following financial year.The amount of allocations th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of budgets and accounts

Article L2573-40

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 2313-1:1° 8° is deleted;2° The words: "in accordance with Articles 1520,1609 bis, 1609 quater, 1609 quinquies C, 1609 n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: The State representative

Article L4422-40

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity of Corsica alone is authorised to speak on behalf of the State before the bodies of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. By agreemen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Corsican Tourist Offices and Agency

Article L4424-40

…agency. The staff of the tourist office or agency in office on the date of the substitution shall retain, on an individual basis, the benefit of the stipulations of their previous contract as well as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring of probation measures and alternative sanctions and subsequent decision in the event of non-compliance

Article 764-40

The enforcement judge shall inform the competent authorities of the sentencing State without delay, by any means that leaves a written record, of any decision taken pursuant to Articles 764-38 and 764…

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