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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-5

In addition to the grounds for revocation provided for in Articles L. 714-5 and L. 714-6, the owner of the guarantee mark shall be declared to have forfeited his rights on the following grounds: 1° Th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Disputes concerning transfer decisions to the State responsible for examining the application

Article L572-5

…resident of the administrative court, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article L. 614-5.However, if during the proceedings the foreign national is placed under house arrest pursuant to a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative proceedings for a declaration of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark

Article R716-5

Any application for invalidity or revocation filed in violation of Article L. 716-5 or filed by a person who is not qualified or who does not satisfy the conditions set out in Articles R. 716-1 and R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L744-5

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 213-5 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 213-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-6-1 law…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…sia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3, R. 1131-7 to R. 1131-8, R. 1131-13 to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…cified periods; 4° Restrictions on the possibility of leaving the territory of the executing State; 5° An obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority; 6° An obligation to avoid con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

…onsulted during restoration;4° Expenditure on the creation of digital files and associated metadata;5° Expenditure on the creation of a digital subtitling file, in particular for the deaf or hard of h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-5

…ms likely to be repaid to it pursuant to the general conditions of use mentioned in Article L. 1621-5.II. - The expenses of the fund referred to in Article R. 1621-4 are:1° Training expenses consistin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D632-5

…uments mentioned in Article L. 330-1;4° The clearing houses referred to in Articles L. 440-1 et seq;5° Commercial companies that centralise and electronically record data relating to transactions in f…

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