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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-2

…521-14 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers where the applicant has, in his application, requested the use of the pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-18

With a view to imposing the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3, customs officers shall apply the powers vested in them by the Customs Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17

…ph of I of l'article L. 521-16, the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation right may, at his request or at the request of the customs administration, inspect t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-15

…absence of a written request from the owner of a registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusive exploitation right and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-19

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-16

I.-Where the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered design, as provided for by Community regulations in force, is implemented before an application for action by the owner of the regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

In addition to the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the customs administration may, at the written request of the owner of a registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 143

Marriage is contracted by two persons of different or the same sex.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 146

There is no marriage where there is no consent.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 154

…iage is to be celebrated. It shall also contain a declaration that this notification is made with a view to obtaining the consent not yet granted and that, failing this, the celebration of the marriag…

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