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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-1

…his services to the public to advise, assist or represent third parties with a view to obtaining, maintaining, exploiting or defending industrial property rights, ancillary rights and rights relatin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-35

For the prerequisite tests mentioned in article R. 212-10-17, the candidate's registration file is submitted one month before the date set for the tests to the training organisation responsible for or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-5

…accordance with articles L. 233-18 to L. 233-26 may, under the conditions set out in article L. 123-17 and notwithstanding article L. 123-18, register the securities of companies that they exclusively…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15-1

…an Economic Area ; 2° To the authorities, departments and persons mentioned in II of Article L. 612-17 when the information relates to a credit institution.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-18

If, at the end of the consultation provided for in article R. 2131-17, it appears to two of the doctors mentioned in 1° of article R. 2131-12 that there is a strong probability that the unborn child i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-5

…tial activity allowance in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 5122-14 to R. 5122-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4321-36-1

…articular with regard to the creation of said processing under the conditions defined by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms. The right…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Dispensing to the public

Article R5126-62

…period, of the medicinal product on the list provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code. In this case, deletion takes place on the date of publication of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…f the Autorité des marchés financiers.Where the company is governed by the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperative societies, the company mutual fund may invest…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R834-3

…mployment of foreign labour"; 6° In article R. 822-4, the words: "in application of article L. 8271-17 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "in breach of locally applicable provisions relati…

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