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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-27-1-1

The court may order, of its own motion or at the request of any person with standing to bring an infringement action, all legally permissible investigative measures even if a seizure for infringement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-8

…thorisation is suspended or withdrawn by the Director General of the Agency in the following cases: 1° When the use of the micro-organisms and toxins or products containing them mentioned in this auth…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-4

…nstitut national de la propriété industrielle organises free public access in electronic format to: 1° The list of geographical indications defined in Article L. 721-2, accompanied by the date and ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-25

The list of acts performed by the trainee provided for in Article R. 811-28-2 is set out in I of Annex 8-1-1 to this book.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-2

The persons mentioned in article L. 723-1 may form part of the electoral college only on condition :

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-5

Persons who provide one or more of the services for identifying the owners of securities mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 publish on their website the fees associated with each type of ser…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-2

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles R. 6123-91-2 and R. 6123-91-3, at least one surgeon with the qualifications mentioned in article D. 6124-132-1 takes part, either phy…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-6

…suant toArticle L. 612-23-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the companies referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 and in 1° of I of Article L. 310-2 of this Code and constituted as s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-5

…nt toarticle L. 612-23-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the undertakings referred to in 1° of III of article L. 310-1-1 and in 1° of I of article L. 310-2 of this Code and constituted as s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-1-1

…s of autonomy giving entitlement to a prescription for adapted physical activity is set as follows: 1° Chronic diseases which have an impact on daily life, are likely to generate incapacity or even se…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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