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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-59

…where appropriate, from the appeal body, all information that he considers useful. The rapporteur may request the necessary explanations from the chamber of the industrial property attorney being pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-23-1

The lessor may, at the end of a three-year period, in the forms provided for by article L. 145-9 and at least six months in advance, repossess residential premises rented as an accessory to business p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 93

…s on foreign territory, under occupation or pursuant to intergovernmental agreements, these records may also be received by military civil registrars designated by order of the Minister of Defence. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…olice officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 but…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161

…a time limit for them to complete their assignment. If special reasons so require, this time limit may be extended at the request of the experts and by a reasoned decision issued by the magistrate or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-10

…h period.By decision of its President or at the request of one third of its members, the Commission may postpone its decision in order to submit the draft federal regulations to the National Council f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7

…V are issued and redeemed by the company at the request of subscribers or shareholders, as the case may be, and at net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may be.Where the SICA…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-1

No research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 may be carried out on a person without their free and informed consent, obtained in writing, after they have been given the information provided for in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-7

…ks, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The guarantee fund may also issue non-negotiable certificates of association in the name of the members, which they sub…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Provisions common to both parts of Chapter II.

Article 1527

The advantages that either spouse may derive from the clauses of a community agreement, as well as those that may result from the commingling of movables or debts, are not regarded as gifts. However,…

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