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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-6

The claims define the subject matter of the protection applied for. They must be clear and concise and based on the description.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-6

…the time of closure of these cemeteries, provided that these meet the legal requirements of hygiene and salubrity and that the allocation of the land to another use is not recognised as being in the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-6

…Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a psychomotrician in a Member State or a State party to the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D512-6

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers may be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 rela…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Formation of the company.

Article R210-6

…blic offer, or by means of a public offer mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, a statement of the acts carried out on be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-6

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 3164-8, relating to exemptions for young workers from working on public holidays, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-6

The decrees of the Conseil d'Etat necessary for the application of the provisions of this chapter shall be issued after consultation of the Conseil d'Orientation des Conditions de Travail.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-69

…opinion on the professional inadequacy of a practitioner under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-80 or R. 6152-255, it sits with the following composition: 1° The chairman or his alternate; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail (National Council for the Orientation of Working Conditions)

Article R4641-6

…e ouvrière (CGT-FO), one nominated by the Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC) and one nominated by the Confédération française de l'encadrement-Confédération générale des cadres…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-4

…he payment to the operator for whose benefit the security service is provided, of a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, the sum due in respect of the transport.I. - This payment is made:1 Either, w…

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