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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1a: Freedom to provide services by industrial property agents established on the territory of a Member State of the European Community or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R422-7-1

…ons in industrial property matters before the central industrial property service of that State, he may use in France his professional title, expressed in the language or one of the languages of the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-7

…th, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by a reasoned decision setting out the appeal procedures and time limits, vary the marketing au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-3

…appear in a specially designated place, category of place or area, the police and gendarmerie units may, on the instructions of the sentence enforcement judge or, if the second paragraph of article 13…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4a: The Chamber of Territories

Article D4422-30-7

…conditions provided for in articles D. 4422-30-5 and D. 4422-30-6. III.- No election or appointment may be made in the six months preceding the general renewal of the municipal councils.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-7

…l of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may make authorisation for parallel importation subject to a change in the name initially proposed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

…p statements of claims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening the proceedings; 2. For other claims th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-18

…plicant agrees to receive the competent authority's replies at an electronic address, notifications may be sent to the applicant by electronic mail. In this case, the applicant is deemed to have recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-7-1

…on from the second paragraph of this article, the duration of the apprenticeship contract or period may be shorter or longer than that of the training cycle preparing for the qualification which is th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contribution and management

Article R6332-77-1

…ailable to a non-salaried employee training insurance fund at 31 December of a given financial year may not exceed one third of the amount of expenses recognised during the same financial year, after…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 712-10, only the enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'applic…

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