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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-33

…acknowledgement of receipt, to sell his shares under the conditions provided for in articles 19 and 21 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966 et aux articles R. 422-28 et R. 422-29. If, on expiry of this perio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-1

…gent; 2° Be accompanied by proof of payment of the prescribed fee. The provisions of Article R. 712-21 shall apply to the renunciation.In the event of non-compliance of the declaration, reasoned notif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-25

…sts to receive orders for medicinal products and other products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 through the usual intermediary of brokers and to engage in the trafficking and home distributi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-34

…cle 712-6. If the measure can only be granted following an expert appraisal pursuant to article 712-21, the judge shall order this expert assessment within the ten-day period provided for by article R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Regional courts for secure detention

Article A37-35

…urisdiction of the regional security retention courts provided for by articles 706-53-15 and 706-53-21 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF JURISDICTIONS regional safety retention TERRITORIAL COMPETENC…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations

Article A713-6

…es that they should be sent on paper, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article R. 713-21. In this case, each grouping under whose label candidates are standing in the constituency and ea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

I. - Taxpayers who, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Fishery products

Article R412-29

…res provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of the Council of the European Communities of 21 June 1989, as amended, laying down common m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-19

…the methodology of the clinical investigation with regard to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended relating to data processing, files and civil liberties, the need to collect…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518

…ned, until the first six-yearly review, account will be taken of changes in rental values since 1st January 1961.II. - The coefficients referred to in I are set, for undeveloped properties, by departm…

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