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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

…national trade mark application must, on pain of rejection, comply with the provisions of Articles L. 711-2, L. 712-2 and L. 712-4 as well as, where applicable, articles L. 715-1 to L. 715-4 or artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article L5217-12-5

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for carrying out, subject to the controls incumbent upon him, the collection of revenue as well as the payment of the expendi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article L2573-54-1

…ommunes of French Polynesia. This allocation is earmarked for the financing of projects by communes and their establishments in the areas of waste treatment, water supply, wastewater treatment, adapta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article L314-5

The overall effective rate determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 is mentioned in any written document evidencing a loan agreement governed by this sec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-5

Any breach of the provisions of 7° of I of article L. 311-30 and of articles L. 322-1, L. 322-2-2 and L. 322-4 of this Code, as well as of 7° of I of article L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-5

…legitimate holder by a person who has obtained the secret under the conditions mentioned in article L. 151-4 or who acts in breach of an obligation not to disclose the secret or to restrict its use. T…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…e access to information essential to interoperability under the conditions defined in 1° of Article L. 331-28 and in Article L. 331-29.The provisions of this chapter do not call into question the lega…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-5

The rules relating to tacit renewal and the procedures for cancelling insurance contracts are laid down by the provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book I of the Insurance Code.The rules relating t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-5

…seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles L. 2131-1, L. 3131-1 and L. 4141-1, establishes this and proposes to the local authority, within thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-5

Memoranda or any other document containing general and permanent obligations in the matters mentioned in articles L. 1321-1 and L. 1321-2 are, where there are internal regulations, considered as addit…

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