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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-31

…EPO portal -the contact details for the portal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office; II.-The institutions mentioned in I shall publish without delay on their website the list of works f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-49

…ed to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code : a) The Board of Directors may, within th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R920-1

…123-209 to R. 123-219, R. 132-1 to R. 133-2, D. 145-12 à D. 145-19, D. 146-1 and D. 146-2;2° Book II, with the exception of articles R. 229-1 to R. 229-26 and R. 252-1 ;3° Book III, with the excepti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-2

…d in 1° above and any loan contract concluded with borrowers other than those mentioned in 1° above;II. - The political risk is realised:1° For the transactions referred to in 1° of I, when the debtor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-16

…e for transferred charges constitutes a compulsory expense, within the meaning of article L. 4321-1.II. - The charges transferred by the département, the amount of which is set under the conditions pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-2

For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 2121-1, until the first renewal of the municipal council following the creation of the new commune, the order of municipal councillors is established acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L1134-3

…f disability may bring any legal action resulting from the application of the provisions of Chapter II. They may take such action on behalf of an applicant for a job, an internship or a period of trai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-34

In order to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall provide regular information to their staff. To the sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-94

…ajor project modifying health and safety conditions or working conditions, as provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 2312-8; 3° In companies with at least three hundred employees, with a view to prepa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-9

…of I of article L. 2143-3;2° The procedures for collecting the identity of children provided for in II of the same article L. 2143-3;3° The nature of the documents to be attached to the request mentio…

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