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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Text and data mining for various purposes

Article R122-27

Persons carrying out a text and data search under the conditions mentioned in III of article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at the request of the latter, with all documents and evidence m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article D6241-27

…which the funds referred to in 1° of II of article L. 6131-4 are to be sent, using the online service referred to in II of article L. 6241-2. II - A timetable, defined by order of the ministers respo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27

…he President of the Departmental Council after the renewal of the representatives of the Department and that of the representatives of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal…

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

Article L613-27

…ational Institute of Industrial Property in order to submit a draft of the claim amended in accordance with the operative part of the judgment. The director of the institute has the power to reject th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-27

Those to whom the offices or functions of public weigher or measurer are entrusted are obliged to keep the markets, halls and ports equipped with the instruments necessary for the exercise of their fu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-27

The election takes place during working time. However, an agreement to the contrary may be reached between the employer and all the representative trade union organisations in the company, particularl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-27

…ee in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the conditions under which the consolidated financial statements and the group management report are made available to the statutory auditors.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-27

Any transferee of the receipt or warrant may demand the transcription in the counterfoil registers from which they are extracted of the endorsement made for his benefit, with an indication of his domi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R641-27

The liquidator, within two months of taking up his duties, shall submit to the official receiver a statement mentioning the valuation of the assets and the preferential and unsecured liabilities. In t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-27

When the State representative refers a matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-14, it shall attach to its referral, in addition to the administrative account and the m…

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