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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-24-1

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of the groups of elected representatives.

Article L3121-24-1

When the department publishes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the departmental council , space is reserved for the expression of the elect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Roads

Article L4433-24-1

In the overseas departments and regions, the representative of the State in the region organises a consultation with the department and the region with a view to determining the local authority benefi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions

Article L6323-24-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-24

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market allow notification of the appointment and revocation of the agent referred to in Article R. 225-79 by electronic means.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-24

The above request shall contain the following information: a) The contact details of the competent judicial authority; b) A description of the facts which are the subject of the criminal proceedings c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-24-1

Acknowledgements of receipt of the secondment declarations referred to in articles R. 1263-3, R. 1263-4 and R. 1263-6 are appended to the single personnel register and made accessible to the members o…

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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

Where the appellant 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

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must communicate their written observations to each other, send them to…

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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 R464-24-14

The Autorité de la concurrence and the minister responsible for the economy may present oral observations at the hearing at their request or at the request of the first president or the court.

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