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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-1

…y-five years provided for in the first paragraph is reduced to ten years for the items mentioned in 4° of Article L. 513-6 for which the same 4° does not provide for any exception to the exercise of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-5

In the event of a conviction based on one of the offences defined in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2, the court may order the total or partial, permanent or temporary closure, for a maximum period of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II

Article L323-8

…es are taken in France, they are, where they affect such rights :1° The measures referred to in 3°, 4° and 7° of I of Article L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code;2° The sanction provided for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article L327-2

…s who have exercised their right to surrender pursuant to article L. 132-5-1. This lien ranks after 4° of article 2331 of the Civil Code.The same applies to real estate assets. This lien ranks after 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-9

A trademark registration may be renewed if it does not involve any modification of the sign or extension of the list of goods or services. The owner of the trade mark shall be informed by the National…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-7

…dards; 3° European Commission recommendations setting out guidelines for product safety assessment; 4° Guides to good practice on product safety in force in the sector concerned; 5° The current state…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Representativeness criteria

Article L2151-1

…umulative criteria: 1° Respect for republican values ; 2° Independence ; 3° Financial transparency; 4° A minimum seniority of two years in the professional and geographical field covering the negotiat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2241-5

…in this article are met;2° The content of each topic;3° The timetable and locations of the meetings;4° The information that the professional employers' organisations provide to the negotiators on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, employee adviser and member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2421-2

…a chamber of agriculture as referred to in article L. 515-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 4° Conseiller prud'homme ; 5° Maritime assessor mentioned in article 7 of the law of 17 December 192…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Search and recording

Article L541-2

…sentence is deleted; 3° In article L. 512-7, the words: or the breach and or a breach are deleted; 4° In Article L. 512-13, the words: "or a breach" are deleted; 5° In Article L. 512-15, the words: "…

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