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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-4

I.-A plant variety may be the subject of a title known as a "plant variety certificate" which confers on its holder an exclusive right to produce, reproduce, package for the purposes of reproduction o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees

Article L2573-36

I. - Article L. 2252-1, with the exception of its fifth paragraph, article L. 2252-2, with the exception of 3°, and articles L. 2252-4 and L. 2252-5 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Economic aid

Article L2573-35

I. - The articles L. 2251-2 to L. 2251-3-1 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from 1st January 2012 subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of A…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-4

With the exception of Article R. 612-31, the provisions of Articles R. 612-26 to R. 612-32 shall apply to European patent applications filed with the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4

…nd collective freedoms in the employment relationship; 2° Discrimination and professional equality between women and men; 3° Maternity protection, maternity and paternity leave, childcare leave, leave…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-4

Failure to declare the cessation of activity, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6351-5, is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4

…visions of article 3 bis of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, any retail trader duly established on the territory of a foreign State may be a member of traders' cooper…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union representation at group level

Article L2122-4

…the level of all or part of the group is assessed in accordance with the rules defined in articles L. 2122-1 to L. 2122-3 relating to trade union representativeness at company level, by adding togeth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of reactovigilance

Article R5222-4

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall carry out his duties relating to reactovigilance under the conditions defined in Article R. 5311-2…

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