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

Article R712-16-2

…not submitted observations by the end of the periods referred to in 1° to 5° of article R. 712-16-1 and, at the latest, on the day on which oral observations are presented. The Director General of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L8323-1-2

…rticle L. 8271-6-4 in Mayotte, the following words are inserted after the words: "articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code," the words: "article 22 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 Decembe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-2

…that is a member of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system and to the mayor of the commune concerned by the representative of the State in the department when…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-21-1

…f the depreciation allowance for fixed assets operated as part of a public service of an industrial and commercial nature.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-1-2

The reality and content of the professional practice of the persons referred to in Article R. 421-1-1 as well as their knowledge of the ethical rules relating to the profession of industrial property…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

The contract authorising the communication to the public of a work on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the tr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-10

The court with jurisdiction over the offences referred to in article 15-3-1 is the Paris judicial court.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-1-2

The reinsurance undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1, or their branches, may be authorised, under the conditions defined in the second paragraph, to transfer all or part of thei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-21-1

The Minister of Justice is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data known as "Redex" (Répertoire des Expertises), consisting of the directory of personal data collected in the con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-2

For the registrations and amending registrations in the commercial agents' register mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the fee relating to each service is subject to a reduction set by the…

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