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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-39

…aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, the delegating federation responsible for authorised data processing shall send the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, prior to its implemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…d Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC or the provisions of a market practice accepted by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article 13 of the same Regulation.II.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-36

…he description, claims or drawings, the rectification shall only be authorised if it is obviously necessary, as no other text or layout could clearly have been considered by the applicant. The request…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-37

…as revealed irregularities, the description, claims or drawings may only be amended to the extent necessary to remedy the irregularities found.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-39

…21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle that the patent applicat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-38

…its withdrawal may only be made if it is requested by all of them. If rights in rem, pledges or licences have been entered in the National Patent Register, the declaration of withdrawal shall be adm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals benefiting from the "talent passport

Article R421-37

The multiannual residence permit bearing the "talent passport (family)" mention provided for in articles L. 421-22 or L. 421-23 is withdrawn from the spouse and adult children of the foreign national…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-31

The provisions of articles L. 2334-27 to L. 2334-30 are applicable from 1 January 1990.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-30

When the amount of the communal allowance exceeds the unit amount of the special grant as set by the local finance committee, the commune pays the difference directly to the schoolteacher concerned. N…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37

…authorities of the other Member States of the European Union where branches of significant importance are established;3° Where applicable and subject to equivalent confidentiality obligations, to the…

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