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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-32

The agreement between the parties resulting from the conciliation proposal in the case provided for in Article L. 615-21 is made enforceable by decision of the President of the Tribunal de Grande Inst…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-3

Where a period is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run shall not count.Where a period is expressed in months or years, the period shall expire o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-34

For disputes involving the civil servants and agents referred to in article R. 611-11 and the natural persons referred to in article R. 611-22, a special list is drawn up from which the two assessors…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-39

…rity claim where one has been made;the mention of the observations referred to in the articles R. 623-17 to R. 623-26 ;-the date of issue of the plant variety certificate with its registration number…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-3

The indications mentioned in 1° of Article R. 714-2 shall be recorded at the initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, in the case of a court decision, at the request of the Regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-3

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall observe and observe itself the principle of contradiction. It may not base its decision on pleas, explanations or documents put forward or prod…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article R722-3

Where the judge has made the seizure subject to the provision of guarantees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailif…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-33

The authorised agents may destroy, sterilise or denature the products mentioned in 1° of article L. 512-29.These operations are recorded and justified in the seizure report.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-35

The deposit is made with the authorisation of the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the places where the disputed goods are held are located. This judge is seiz…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-36

Consigned goods are left in the custody of their holder.

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