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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-3

…admissible, rejected, lapsed, non-extended deposits, as well as those whose protection has expired, may be returned to their owner, at the owner's request and expense. If they have not been claimed, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination between judicial and administrative proceedings

Article R716-14

…es and in respect of the same facts before the National Institute of Industrial Property, the court may stay the proceedings until the day on which the decision on the invalidity or revocation is no l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-4

Publication may relate to all or part of the decision, or take the form of a press release informing the public of the reasons for and enactment of this decision.The decision is disseminated in the Of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1816

In the event of the conviction of a publican for rebellion or violence against officers, the court may, independently of any other penalties incurred, order the closure of the outlet for a period of u…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Detention

Article L813-1

…2, it appears that a foreign national is unable to prove his right to move or reside in France, he may be detained for the purposes of verifying his right to move or reside on French territory. In th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-8

…arty the sum it determines, in respect of costs incurred and not included in the costs. The parties may produce evidence of the sums they claim and the judge shall take into account the equity or econ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-12

The president of the departmental council may, by delegation of the departmental council , be responsible for exercising, on behalf of the department, the pre-emption rights of which it is the holder…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L4133-6-1

…list of powers the exercise of which is, under its control, delegated to its standing committee. It may amend the list of delegated powers during the course of its term of office. The Regional Council…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12-2

…tablishments for inter-municipal cooperation of 50,000 inhabitants or more allocates to its members may be adjusted according to their actual attendance at plenary sessions and meetings of the committ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1054

…n is sent by the public prosecutor to the custodian of the amended documents. The annulled document may no longer be updated. It may only be issued with the exceptional authorisation of the public pro…

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