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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

…they are intended to be applied must fall within the same class, within the meaning of the classification established by the Locarno Agreement of 8 October 1968. However, this condition does not appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information obligations on the establishment

Article R3211-31

…es taken non-consecutively but separated by less than forty-eight hours. The cumulative duration is calculated by adding together the durations of all the measures taken less than forty-eight hours af…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of 1° of Article L. 4111-1 is, for the practice of the profession of dental surgeon : 1° Either the French State diploma of doctor of dent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-33

…ights acquired under the personal training account and under the individual right to training for local elected representatives, as well as top-ups in additional rights, accessible via a dematerialise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30

…dispute, the depositor must bring the matter before the court within two months of the date of publication. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the conditions for the application of this article.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-31

The provisions relating to the safeguarding, reorganisation and liquidation of credit institutions and investment firms set out in articles L. 613-25 to L. 613-30 and L. 211-10 do not apply to legal p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Monitoring temperatures in means of transport and warehousing and storage premises for quick-frozen foodstuffs

Article R412-35

The provisions of Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 of 12 January 2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foods…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial representatives who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)

Article R812-3

…lections to the national commission of court-appointed administrators and their alternates are applicable to elections to the national commission of court-appointed agents and their alternates.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-3

The tasks of the coordination support system are carried out by a single legal entity for each territory, which has signed a multiannual contract for objectives and resources with the relevant regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-3

…newed, the first presidents of the courts of appeal shall inform the first president of the Cour de cassation, by 15 February at the latest, of the name of the chamber president or councillor belongin…

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