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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-38

The patent application may be withdrawn at any time, by a written declaration, until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid. This declaration may relate to only one a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Approved associations of the liberal professions

Article 1649 quater F

…ive and fiscal obligations by members of the liberal professions and holders of offices and charges may be approved under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State.The founders of these a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-49

…e electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation may be consulted on decisions that the deliberative body or the president of this establishment are…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: The descriptive statement

Article 1323

…n which seals cannot be affixed, the bailiff shall draw up a descriptive statement of them.Any heir may obtain the return of the keys by discharging the furniture on the descriptive statement, after h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The procedure for approving a partial agreement and adjudicating the residual dispute

Article 1560

…a partial agreement and unless they request its homologation in accordance with Article 1557, they may apply to the judge for a ruling on the residual dispute either in accordance with the rules gove…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 770

The removal from the criminal record of a decision concerning a minor may be decided under the conditions set out in Article L. 631-4 of the juvenile criminal justice code. The removal from the crimin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2398

…ines the amount to be registered and designates the immovable property to be encumbered. If not, he may, however, decide that the registration of the mortgage will be replaced by the constitution of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-18

…xtent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only submit a claim to the management body relating to the opening of the professional preventio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

…loyee employed by a public entity that does not pay the contribution mentioned in article L. 6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13 July…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operational preparation for employment

Article L6326-3

…ement or, failing that, by the board of directors of a skills operator.The employment contract that may be concluded at the end of the collective operational preparation for employment is an open-ende…

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