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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal proceedings.

Article L1247-1

The trade union organisations that are representative in the company may take legal action on behalf of an employee, without having to prove that they have a mandate from the employee concerned. The e…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-10

Breaches of the mooring regulations are recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police and by State officials and agents authorised to record breaches of the seaport regulations, the navigatio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-34

Without prejudice to the possible implementation of the emergency measures provided for in article R. 211-31, claims arising prior to the date of termination of the guarantee remain covered by the gua…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-12

The period within which a registered creditor who has been notified of a summons to pay equivalent to a seizure must declare his claim is two months from the date of notification. However, a creditor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-5

The invention must be set out in the patent application in a sufficiently clear and complete manner to enable a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Where an invention involving biological mater…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-31

The co-owner of a patent application or patent may notify the other co-owners that he is surrendering his share to them. With effect from the entry of such abandonment in the National Patent Register…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 sexies

1. Income and expenses corresponding to the late payment penalties mentioned in article L. 441-9 and in II of article L. 441-10 of the French Commercial Code are attached, for the purposes of determin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory in the event of recognition of refugee or stateless status or the granting of subsidiary protection

Article L613-6

When the status of refugee or stateless person is recognised or the benefit of subsidiary protection granted to a foreign national who has previously been the subject of a decision imposing an obligat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 824

If undivided co-owners intend to remain in undivided ownership, the court may, at the request of one or more of them, depending on the interests involved and without prejudice to the application of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-2

Any undivided co-owner may take the measures necessary for the conservation of the undivided property even if they are not of an emergency nature. He may use for this purpose the undivided property fu…

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