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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-3

No agent may be authorised:-if he has been convicted of a criminal or penal offence entered in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document in the case of a national of the Euro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-5

Agents authorised under the conditions defined in articles R. 331-2 and R. 331-3 take an oath before the judge of the judicial court of their residence, at the seat of this court or, where applicable,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations concerned

Article L722-5

Transfers of funds other than those mentioned in 1° to 9° of Article L. 722-4 are governed by Articles L. 722-9 to L. 722-17.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations concerned

Article L722-4

…iciled in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of:1° Transfers of funds based on one of the following docume…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article A211-1-2

The contract may be cancelled by the insurer before its normal expiry date, following a claim, if the claim was caused by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, or if the claim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-2

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Réunion-Mayotte order of masseur-physiotherapists are responsible for masseur-physiotherapists practising in Réunion and f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Orthoptists.

Article L4342-2-1

…f formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He shall indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence of formal qualifications of the Member S…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2-1

…of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence of formal qualifications from the State…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-12

…is unrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties to the proceedings and the minister responsible for the economy of any change of address..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-13

…ate their written observations to each other, send them to the minister responsible for the economy and file a copy at the court registry. The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sh…

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